NRAO Shuttle, 1977

GB77-15302-shuttle.jpg

Subject

Description

Anyone who observed in Green Bank from the mid-1960s through the 1980s was familiar with the shuttle. Every morning, 365 days a year for many years, vehicles left both Green Bank and Charlottesville and met in the parking area off U.S. Rt. 250 at the top of Shenandoah Mountain in the George Washington National Forest. The drivers traded the vehicles with their passengers/cargo and then returned to their office of origin. People (both visitors and NRAO staff), equipment, data tapes, interoffice mail - all traveled between Green Bank and Charlottesville on the shuttle. In this November 1977 photo, long-time drivers Merle Kerr (Green Bank) and James Garland (Charlottesville) and their vehicles are at the exchange point on Shenandoah Mountain.

Creator

Records of the NRAO

Type

Still Image

Original Format of Digital Item

B&W negative

Start Date

1977-11-18

Photo Credit

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Historical Negative #

GB77-15302

Series

Photographs Series

Unit

NRAO Employees Unit

Range #

2A

Citation

Records of the NRAO, “NRAO Shuttle, 1977,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30073.