City Dome Roof - Black and White
by Yvonne Johnstone
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City Dome Roof - Black and White
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
Description
CITY DOME: Robert Morham,1895.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
View of the large circular copper dome roof with ball finial. It sits on top of an octagonal single storey, 8-bay classical building situated in NE corner of compound.
Built to house a 22" telescope (made by J. Buckingham) which was too large to be used in Playfair's Observatory. The telescope remained there until 1926, when it was dismantled and the lens put on display in the Royal Museum of Scotland.
As the largest dome on Calton Hill, the City Dome is a significant skyline feature and also has value as part of the history of the astronomical developments on Calton Hill.
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March 16th, 2021
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