Temporary River Crossing at Mount Hopkins
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Creator: Penland, Dane A
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1984
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder December 1984
It's been rough going for staff and others trying to commute to the mountaintop facility at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Arizona. The temporary river crossing connecting the Amado, Arizona, base camp of the SAO Whipple Observatory with its telescope facilities atop the mountain have been wiped out eight times in less than a year. The photograph was taken in October 1984 and shows a jeep and collapsed bridge.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in TORCH, December 1984
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder December 1984
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1984
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95-1210
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print