“$3 Million observatory started” and “Project’s booster misses ceremony”
- Author:
-
Southward, Walt
- Title:
- “$3 Million observatory started” and “Project’s booster misses ceremony”
- Periodical:
- The Honolulu Advertiser
- Year:
- 1967
- Volume:
- V2
- Pages:
- 44a
- Subject:
-
UH 84-inch telescope
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Groundbreaking
Hale Pohaku mid-level facility
- Summary:
- Ground breaking for the UH 84-inch telescope. The $850,000 contract for the telescope lens qas awarded to a Mainland firm. Steward-Berg wond the contract for construction of the dome and housing building at Hale Pohaku for $2,029,500.
Mr. Akiyama was not invited to the ground breaking ceremony.
- Date:
- September 22, 1967
- Collection:
- Akiyama