Jordan at the Thaw Telescope

1920-1940

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Title
Jordan at the Thaw Telescope
Creator
Allegheny Observatory
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1920-1940
Identifier
6422.415.AO
Description
Dr. F.C. Jordan at Thaw Telescope. The Thaw Memorial Telescope. At 30 inches, it was the Third Largest Refractor in the United States. William Thaw Junior, in Memory of his Father, (William Thaw Senior) Donated the Funds for its Construction. The Thaw Telescope was Designed and Built by the Brashear Optical Company in 1912. It Cost $125,000, Weighs Four Tons and Measures 47 Feet in Length.
Extent
5 x 7 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Astronomical instruments
Telescopes
Observatories
Allegheny Observatory
Jordan, Frank Craig, 1865-1941
Thaw, William, Jr.
Geographic Subjects
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Observatory Records, 1850-1977
Collection
Allegheny Observatory Records
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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