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Lowe, Jet

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Wood, Waddy
Hardy, Shaun J, researcher
Title
GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, OF STANDARDIZING MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY (SMO) WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT. THE BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS 'STATION 'A'', ALSO A NON-MAGNETIC STRUCTURE, ONCE USED FOR COMPARISONS OF MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS WITH THE SMO. THE BUILDING IN THE CENTER CONTAINED A SEARCH-LIGHT USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEASUREMENTS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. - Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Standardizing Magnetic 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.
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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,579A-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 Carnegie Institution of Washington, with funds provided by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, established the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism 9 DTM) in 1904 to survey and measure the earth's magnetic fields. The Standardizing Magnetic Observatory (SMO) building, used for testing measuring instruments (galvanometers, earth inductors, and magnetometers, for example), was designed by the well-known Washington, D.C., architect Waddy Wood who also designed the DTM's adjacent headquarters and laboratory building. Nonferrous materials were used for the building's nails, fasteners, gutters, and other metal components....
  • Survey number: HAER DC-52-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0931.photos.183968p
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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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