Slide 10: Two Roads that Crossed in the Wood - Growth of US Radio Astronomy in the 1950s and 1960s
![[Navy's planned 600 foot telescope]](ewen_50sand60s_slide10.jpg)
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Modified on by Ellen BoutonSlide 10: Two Roads that Crossed in the Wood - Growth of US Radio Astronomy in the 1950s and 1960s
The Navy's planned 600 foot antenna at Sugar Grove WV. The uncompleted project was killed by the Defense Dept in 1962 after construction of a 17,000 cubic yard concrete foundation and 550 ton pintle bearing. Credit: Photo from NRAO/AUI/NSF files.
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