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Lowe, Jet

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Hardy, Shaun J, researcher
Title
GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, OF ATOMIC PHYSICS OBSERVATORY WHICH CONTAINS THE WHITE DOME STRUCTURE. THE SHED-LIKE STRUCTURE TO THE LEFT IS THE SEARCH-LIGHT BUILDING. - Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Atomic Physics Observatory, 5241 Broad Branch Drive Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1988
date QS:P571,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER DC,WASH,579C-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Atomic Physics Observatory (APO) was completed in 1938 to improve the capability of measuring the earth's magnetic fields which was undertaken by the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, beginning in the early 1900s. The APO contained an electrostatic generator and tube that operated at electrical potentials of more than five million volts.
  • Survey number: HAER DC-52-C
  • Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0933.photos.183976p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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