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June 2002
June 28
June 25-27
June 5-10
June 28
Photos by
Enrico Brunetti and Luciano Miglietta
The now-empty factory where LBT was pre-built in Italy.
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June 25-27
Photos by Enrico Brunetti and Luciano Miglietta
Mirror Cell boxes waiting in Milan in the Ansaldo-Camozzi yard.
Other boxes waiting in the Ansaldo-Camozzi yard.
Primary Mirror Cell box on the Fagioli truck.
The convoy leaves the Ansaldo-Camozzi yard at night.
Pulling onto Viale Sarca past the Breda entrance gate.
A C-Ring box joins two Mirror Cells in the convoy to Cremona.
On the road from Milan to Cremona.
Loading the river barge in Cremona.
The barge "Ticino" will carry the boxes down the Po River from Cremona to Mestre (near Venice).
This box holds one of the C-Rings.
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June 5-10
Photos by John Hill
Lifting the Azimuth Ring sectors off the packing crates on Mt. Graham.
Inspecting the Azimuth Ring sectors.
Control box for one pair of the enclosure bogie drives.
Emergency Stop fiber distribution panel for the enclosure.
Fiber patch panel in the enclosure PLC cabinet.
Tim Williams putting a new cable on the crane pendant.
Dan McKenna with the LBT SCIDAR instrument mounted on the 1.8m VATT telescope.
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