Tower Built at BCI

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Summary

A 138-foot scaffolding tower is built on Barro Colorado Island to enable scientists to "study aspects of the rain forest environment above, below, and within the forest canopy."

Subject

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Torch, 8/1977, p. 3
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1977, p. 92

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1977

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
  • Building

Place

Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)

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