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Lick Observatory

            Finished in 1887, this is the first permanent mountaintop observatory in the world.

No expense was spared - marble tiles the hallways, the observation domes have delicate millwork and maple strip flooring installed in concentric circles around the telescopes. The big dome houses the 36" refractor, for nine years the biggest lens on the planet. James Lick ponied up the money for the huge project, which included the road to the top of 4,204' Mt Hamilton, an engineering marvel in its own right. Lick was a self-made man: a carpenter, piano builder, chocolatier (Ghirardelli chocolate company is his baby) who bought up a big chunk of San Francisco right at the start of the Gold Rush. He was a rich man who saw science as important, creating the template for those who followed - an original Elon Musk. Lick died the richest man in California at the time. He is buried under the 36" telescope.

Taken on: May 5, 2017

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