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001
Bruce Grim backs out of the dome after having sprayed the interior
with a disinfectant. Several items previously stored in the dome
lay scattered on the ground. 01 JUL 2002
002
Ken Harris, Andy Bogdan and Bruce Grim work to remove the dome
rotation system. 02 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
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Ken Harris and Ron Ford drill holes into which lift connectors
will be installed. 02 JUL 2002
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Bruce Grim, Ken Harris, Andy Bogdan and Ron Ford pose after a morning's
hard work. 02 JUL 2002
007
A masked Patrick Wiggins sprays for viruses. 03 JUL 2002
Bruce Grim image
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Bruce Grim cuts the floor and removes one of the dome rotation
bearings. 03 JUL 2002
010
Grease and grime encrusted dome rotation bearings are in surprisingly
good shape after over a quarter century of use. 03 JUL 2002
011
Bruce Grim & Ron Ford work to remove the tube from it's cradle.
05 JUL 2002
012
Patrick Wiggins pulls the tube through the door. 05 JUL 2002
Bruce Grim image
013
The tube seems to stand at attention as it's being retired.
05 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
014
Bruce Grim loosens the connections at the top of the yoke.
05 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
015
Ron Ford & Bruce Grim work to remove the cradle from the yoke.
05 JUL 2002
016
Patrick Wiggins removes the contents of the circuit breaker box.
05 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
017
Yoke, cradle and various electrical parts forlornly await the next
day's removal of the dome. 05 JUL 2002
018
Bruce Grim moves away from the dome after helping attach the lifting
straps. 06 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
019
Dome is airborne. The interior sees direct sunshine for the
first time in over a quarter of a century. 06 JUL 2002
020
The view from "down under". 06 JUL 2002
021
The dome is lowered onto the truck that will move it to the new
location. 06 JUL 2002
022
The dome is on the truck and ready to roll. 06 JUL 2002
Ron Ford image
023
The crane leads the way to the new location. 06 JUL 2002
Boyd McNeil image
024
The dome heading for it's new home. Andy Bogdan, if foreground,
shoos the photographer out of the way. 06 JUL 2002 Boyd McNeil
image
025
Siegfried Jachmann makes sure the dome is headed the right way.
06 JUL 2002
026
The crane prepares to hoist the dome into its new location.
06 JUL 2002
027
Andy Bogdan, Ken Harris and Ron Ford help position the dome.
06 JUL 2002
028
The dome has landed with Andy Bogdan, Ken Harris and Ron Ford looking
on. 06 JUL 2002
029
Harmon's Observatory and the newly mothballed Montgomery Observatory
sit side by side. 06 JUL 2002
030
The interior awaits dismantling. 06 JUL 2002 Ron Ford
image
031
Bruce Grim moves in to start disconnecting the yoke. 06 JUL
2002
032
Siegfried Jachmann attaches a lifting strap to the yoke as Bruce
Grim looks on. 06 JUL 2002 Boyd McNeil image
033
Bruce Grim and Siegfried Jachmann work to free the setting circle
and drive gear from the bottom of the yoke as Andy Bogdan (r) looks on.
06 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
034
The yoke is airborne. 06 JUL 2002 Ron Ford image
035
The builders' quarter century old "dirty little secret" is revealed.
Can you tell what it is? 06 JUL 2002
036
Ron Ford, Siegfried Jachmann, Bruce Grim and Ken Harris load the
observing stand and tube cradle into Bruce's truck. Parts of the
cradle may one day be reused. The observing stand may be used with
the Big Scope. 06 JUL 2002
037
Abandoned floor and piers. 06 JUL 2002
038
SLAS workers Ron Ford, Bruce Grim, Siegfried Jachmann, Ken Harris,
Patrick Wiggins and Andy Bogdan enjoy breakfast after moving the dome.
06 JUL 2002 Boyd McNeil image
039
The SPOC telescope north and south piers and the SPOC Walk had
been removed a few days before this picture was taken. Nothing left
but memories. 08 SEP 2002
