From the March 14, 1936, issue
By Science News
MOVING GIANT TELESCOPE DISK PROVIDES A PROBLEM
Light softly suffused through the great 200-inch disk for the world’s largest telescope gave the photographer a rare opportunity to show its beauty.
The tricky problem of moving this important and delicate astronomical treasure from the Corning Glass Works in Corning, N.Y., to California, is giving engineers, scientists, and designers an unusual task. First protecting layers of felt and rubber, then a great sheet steel housing reinforced by steel beams, were part of the “crating” which alone weighed 15 tons. A specially constructed freight car was needed, and this attached to a special train.