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Enclosure ConstructionMay 2000
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Photos by Peter Wehinger |
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| View looking east up the LBT access road. | Visitors admire the LBT enclosure. |
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| Workers on the inside wall of the rotating enclosure. | Steelwork and siding trim are now being completed. |
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| Looking into the opening where the Azimuth Ring of the telescope will sit on top of the 14-meter diameter concrete pier. | A construction worker next to one of the four bogies that the enclosure rotates on. |
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| Jim Slagle explaining the bogies to visitors. | |
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| Runway (gray) for the overhead bridge crane (yellow) on the side wall of the rotating enclosure. | LBT enclosure seen through the trees. |
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| Overhead bridge crane (yellow) in the fixed part of the enclosure. The crane has two trolleys on the bridge which combine to lift 55 metric tons. | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Chain drive unit for opening the shutter doors. | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Installation of the fire protection system. | New wiring for the bogie drives. |
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- © 2004 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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