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July 2003

July 23    July 15    July 9    July 3

July 23	Photos by Jim Slagle and John Hill
Work on the central rotator structure.	Comparing with the drawings.
Both triplets of instrument rotator bearings are now installed.	View of the central rotator structure from above.
And the view from below....

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July 15	Photos by Jim Slagle and John Hill
Lots of windbracing underneath the elevation instrument platform.	Even more windbracing on the front of the elevation structure.
Temporary wooden decking on the central instrument platform.

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July 9	Photos by John Hill
Installation of the central instrument platform.	Interferometric instruments will mount on these rails.
This is starting to resemble a Large Binocular Telescope.	Maintenance work on the SMT roof.

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July 3	Photos by Jim Slagle
The frame of the Mirror Transportation Box is being assembled at T.A. Caid.	Central Instrument Platform assembled on the floor.

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