McGregor Observatory Construction
Photo Gallery

Pphotos of the construction of the McGregor Observatory on Stellafane East between 1991 and 1997.

All photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers.

John Martin and Jim Flood putting on the roof (12/91)	Lifting up the trusses for the roll-off roof (4/4/92)	Building the roll-off roof (4/4/92)	Gerry DeLuca and Russ Chmela putting together a truss (5/2/92)	Brad Vietje installing a roller (5/92)	Jim Flood priming the metal track (5/92)
One of many rollers for the roof built by John Martin (7/92)	John Martin and Thomas Stern (7/92)	The roll-off roof partially complete (7/92)	Gerry DeLuca (left) and Bill Kuriskin working on a truss (7/92)	Al Koenig working on the roof (7/92)	Measuring the roof's deflection under load (7/92)
Loading the roll off roof with ~2000 pounds of water! (7/92)	Putting plywood on the roof (7/92)	Jim Flood & Connie Rockosi working on the inside rooms (8/92)	John Martin working on the roof (8/92)	Members building a truss in the rain! (9/92)	John Martin welding the roll-off roof track (9/92)
Jim Flood working inside (10/92)	The roll-off roof almost finished! (10/92)	John Martin doing finish-up work on the roof (11/92)	John Martin sheet rockin' the inside (12/92)	Jim Flood screwing up sheet-rock (12/92)	"Big" Bob Morse screwing up sheet-rock (12/92)
Jim Flood screwing up sheetrock in the computer room (1/93)	Gerry DeLuca trimming the re-rod on the 'scope pier (2/93)	John Martin working in the computer room (1/93)	Gerry DeLuca, Al Stern and Brad Vietje working in the telescope room (1/93)	Installing sheetrock in the telescope room (3/93)	Testing the crane mount on the roll-off roof (3/93)
John Martin working on the ceiling in 'scope room (4/93)	Building up the ground for parking spaces (4/93)	Maryann Arrien painting the 'scope room ceiling (5/93)	Jim Flood preparing to lower the 'scope room floor (5/93)	John Martin preparing to lower the 'scope room floor (5/93)	Lowering the 'scope room floor with come-alongs (5/93)
Connie Rockosi painting (37k File)	The McGregor Obs mostly completed (6/93)	Mitch Melassanos painting the outside walls (6/93)	The McGregor Observatory (7/93)	Gerry DeLuca working on the rollers	John Martin working on the 'scope pier
Wayne Zuhl (left) and Jim Beaty tiling the floor	John Martin grinding the top of the pier for leve	Brian Lemley (left) and Irving Price spotting a ladder	Cesare Cirillo (left) and Al Moeck finishing up the roof	Jim Erickson raising the 'scopes azimuth axis	Jim Flood working on the telescope mount
Jim Daley (front) & Bert Willard working on the scope mount (7/93)	Carying the scope tube into the observatory (7/93)	Jim Flood (left) and "Old Uncle Bill" Kuriskin (7/93)	Brian Lemley (left) & Al Moeck finishing up the roof (7/93)	John Martin cutting parts for the scope mount (7/93)	John Martin (left) and "Scotty" Houston inspecting the work (7/93)
Scott Milligan admiring the scope pier (7/93)	Russ Chmela painting the scope schematic on the wall (7/93)	Mounting the tube on the mount (7/93)	John Martin making a fine adjustment to the wood work (7/93)	John Martin with the 'scope (7/93)	"Doc" Jackson with the 'scope (7/93)
Gerry DeLuca with the 'scope (7/93)	Jim Daley with the 'scope (7/93)	Jim Flood with the 'scope (7/93)	Gerry DeLuca trimming some wood (9/93)	Jim Flood working on the "barn door" (9/93)	John Martin working on the scope mount (10/93)
John Martin (left) & Gerry DeLuca working on the "barn door" (10/93)	The McGregor Obs nearing completion (7/93)	Jim Beaty working on the roof rollers (7/93)	Jim Guida working on the floor (10/93)	Installing the counterweight (10/93)	Jeff Lowe with the scope (10/93)
Moving the empty scope tube to mount the optics (4/94)	Jim Flood (right) getting hand crushed by scope mount (4/94)	John Martin (right) and Brad Vietje installing the door knob (4/94)	Maryann Arrien tiling the floor (5/94)	Mitch Melassanos tiling the floor (5/94)	Mitch Melassanos grinding down the re-rods in the pier (5/94)
The McGregor Observatory (5/94)	The McGregor Observatory (5/94)	Gerry DeLuca working on the roof track (5/94)	Mitch Melassanos & Maryann Arrien tiling the floor (5/94)	Jim Flood (left) and Brad Vietje working on the scope mount (6/94)	Bert Willard painting the roof (6/94)
Jim Beaty working on the floor (6/94)	Russ Chmela (right) and Mitch Melassanos raising the scope mount (6/94)	Bret Willard (right) and "Doc" Jackson painting the observatory (6/94)	John Martin clearing snow off the roof (2/95)	Repairing wind damage: Junie Esslinger, John Martin & Connie Rockosi (left to right) (2/95)	John Martin talking about scope mount designs (4/97)
John Martin talking about scope designs (4/97)	Jeff Lowe talking about scope designs (4/97)	John Martin with a trial worm-gear for the scope (5/97)	John Martin (left) and Mario Antouncci talking about mount plans (5/97)	John Martin firing up the torch to work on the mount (10/93)	Mitch Melassanos painting the roof (10/93)

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