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Photo Gallery:
Establishing the Observatory
Planning theObservatory
Early Years
Developing the Observatory
World Class Establishment

Main portion of the Map prepared by Civil Engineers in Chiefs Department, Admiralty (1911, corrected to 1932).
Source: Warner - Astronomers

Key to the layout:
1 Centre of Transit Circle- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Standard Lengths
2 Anemometer. Over Library - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 North Mark Theodolite
3 Maclean Observatory. Centre of Dome - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42 North Collimator
4 Zenith Telescope. Centre of Pier - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Thermometer
5 Transit Circle. Centre of Pier - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Chronograph House
6 7-inch Equatorial. Centre of Dome- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 South Collimator
7 Heliometer.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Rain Gauges
8 Astro-Photo. Observatory- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Foundation for Transit
9 6-inch Equatorial. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48 Mark
10 Small Transit Instrument. Centre. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Mark Lens
11 H.M Astronomer's Quarters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 South Mark R.T.C.
11a H.M. A's Stables and Servants Quarters - - - - - - - - - - - 51 South Mark Theodolite
12 Chief Assistant's Quarters- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Seismograph House
13 Assistant's Quarters No. 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Water Tank
14 Assistant's Quarters No. 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Mark Zenith Telescope
15 Assistant's Quarters No. 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Paint Store No.3
16 Higher Grade Computer's Quarters No.7 - - - - - - - - - - - 56 Kroomens Quarters
17 Assistant's Quarters No. 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Leading Man's Quarters
18 Battery House- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Annex to Indian Theodolite
19 Engine House - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 Dip House
20 Indian Theodolite Hut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60 Physical Laboratory
21 Mr. Pead's House - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61 E.Es Store and Workshop
22 Battery Hut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62 Workshop for Artificer
23 Old Time Ball- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Blacksmith's Shop
24 Flag Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Workshop for Optical Fitter
25 Artificers Quarters- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 65 Earth Closet
26 Stores No. 1 & 2. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 66 Earth Closets
27 Carpenter's Shop. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 Thermometer
28 Store No. 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -68 Coal Stores
29 Store No. 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -69 Fuel Stores
30 Sidereal Clock House- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Gas Meter
31 Record Room No. 2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 Coal Store
32 Photo-Helio Hut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 72 Store
33 Photo-Telescope Hut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 Cart Shed
34 Offices - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 74 Fire Hose House (Tank Over)
35 Library - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75 Wireless Receiving Room
36 Battery House- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 76 Male Staff Latrines
37 Store No. 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Refuse Destructor
38 North Mark R.T.C. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 78 Electrical Transformer House
39 Site of Franklin Adams Observatory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 79 Entrance Lodge

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