Photographs
- Key Words
- historical photo of 72 inch telescope at Birr Castle with builder, lord rosse
- Other Notes
- "During the 1840's and starting from virtually first principles, the third Earl of Rosse designed and had built the mirrors, tube and mountings for a 72 inch reflecting telescope which was the largest in the world at that time and remained so for three quarters of a century." Birr Castle website
- Location
- Birr Castle
- City, Country
- Birr, Ireland
- Date Taken
- June 1985
- Photographer
- J. C. Raulston
- Collection
- J. C. Raulston's Slide Collection
- Image Name
- 084-0348.JPG
- Image ID
- 53485