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Enclosure ConstructionJune 2001
June 7 (Williams Mosaic) June 7 (Slagle Photos) June 5
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Photo by Tim Williams |
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| Panorama of the open observing chamber. | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Finishing the walls in the Fixed Building. | More finishing on Level 4. |
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| Cables installed for lifting the 4x10 hatch in the observing floor. | Trimming the shutter door beams on level 5. |
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| View toward VATT and SMT. | Opening the left shutter door. |
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| Looking out the ventilation door at the back of the shutter door. | A partially open shutter door from inside the observing chamber (note man at bottom for scale). |
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| Partially open left shutter door from below. | This was the first time the shutter doors were opened under electronic control! |
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| Now the door is closing again. | View of LBT enclosure from in front of the VATT. |
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| Now opening the right shutter door. | About 75% open.... |
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| An interesting angle? | Working on the utility trench. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Working on the fire alarm and sprinkler system. | The main entrance and lobby. |
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| The living room and dining room. | Construction Manager Wood Hart inspecting the hallway. |
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| Many pipes near the mirror ventilation system. | Looking up through the hatch from Level 4. |
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| View out the ventilation door toward the south. | View across beneath the center portal from Level 9. |
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| View toward Peak 10516 to the North. | |
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- © 2004 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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