Container List

Miscellaneous photographs 1956-1958

Photographs

Aerial views

Dish prototype

Telescope model 1957

Building construction 1956

Early construction work Dec. 1956-Jan. 1957

Parts for antenna and pedestal construction 1958 (Allison Manufacturing Company)

Pedestal construction-Frame June-July 1958

Pedestal construction-Lower level (with panels) June-July 1958

Pedestal construction-Upper level and completion June-July 1958

Crane collapse Aug. 1958

Alidade assembly on pedestal

Dish construction 1962

Dish erection

Dish erected onto pedestal (picture with Gordon Stanley)

Panels mounting onto dish

Control panels n.d. (picture with Gordon Stanley)

Miscellaneous

Slides and negatives

Dedication Dec. 12, 1958

Invitation list

Photographs

Schematic and figures

Notes on "90' antenna array"

Photographs

Erection site Aug. 1966

Telescope model (picture with Bruce Rule and L. DuBridge) n.d.

Dish segments Oct. 1966 and Apr. 1967

Golden, Rule, Slagle, Hoggan Apr. 1967

Dish under construction Oct. 1966

Damaged segments after dish was dropped and repairs July 1967

Dish completed, not erected Nov. 1966

Pedestal construction Apr.-June 1967

Lifting of dish onto pedestal July 1967 (picture of Bruce Rule)

View of dish erected July 1967

Dish panel assembly Aug. 1967

Telescope views Sept.-Oct. 1967

Alidade base and azimuth bearing at Westinghouse Sunnyvale plant n.d. (picture of Gordon Stanley)

Computer n.d.

Users n.d. (Cannon, W.H.; Cesarsky, D.; Cohen, M.H.; Ewing, M.S.; Fischer, A.M.; Grueff, G.; Hardebeck, E.G.; Harriman, J.A.; Lockhart, I.A.; Moffet, A.T.; Read, R.B.; Rogstad, D.H.; Seielstad, G.A.; Weliachew, L.N.)

Negatives

Schematic n.d.

Dedication

Invitation list

Invitation letters

Invitations and program

Presentation (photographs and negatives) on OVRO

Correspondence 1968-1969

Proposal

For a project in radio astronomy "The construction of a large radio telescope at the Owens Valley observatory." 1962

To National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project in radio astronomy "The Owens Valley array." 1969

To National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- "The Owens Valley interferometer." Feb. 1971

Engineering notes on

"Preliminary servo-uncorrected error distribution of 130' Ø telescope structure at 20 MPH and 10 MPH wind." May 27, 1964

"130' Ø radio telescope wind loads." June 13, 1965

"Radio telescope-design review." May 13, 1964

"Mass moment of inertia of 130' Ø radio telescope." March 8, 1966

"Stiffness calculations of drives for 130' Ø radio telescope." Feb. 18, 1964

"Foundation survey." Apr. 20, 1964

Base carriage, Mar. 19, 1965; pedestal, June 25, 1965; dish, Dec. 19, 1965

Boom and apex, Nov. 11, 1964

Weights, Feb. 9, 1966

Base truck drive, June 23, 1964; base truck hydraulics, June 25, 1964; azimuth drive, Apr. 2, 1965

Elevation drive, June 23, 1964; azimuth preload, June 16, 1964; bearings, Sept. 22, 1965

Seacliff interferometer, Sydney 1952 (picture with John Bolton)