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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: December 14, 2014
Caption: History of Observatory Hill Marker
Additional Description: Panel 6
The observatory was founded on February 15, 1859, in the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania (incorporated into the city of Pittsburgh in 1907) by a group of wealthy industrialists calling themselves the Allegheny Telescope Association. The observatory's initial purpose was for the entertainment of the Association's members as opposed to research, but in 1867 membership had waned. The facility was then donated to the Western University of Pennsylvania, today know as the University of Pittsburgh.
Submitted: December 17, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p295434
File Size: 1.841 Megabytes

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