Part of telescope being hauled by team of horses up the observatory road

Part of telescope being hauled by team of horses up the observatory road

Observatory Hill, Plaskett telescope, horses

A picture of the lower part of the telescope being hauled up the Observatory Hill road by a team of horses. The hollow tube would attach to this piece which would be attached to the polar axis. The spectrograph would hange off one end.

Edgar Fleming

National Research Council Canada

1916