{"id":2413,"date":"2012-10-16T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:31:27","slug":"circa-1916-allegheny-observatory-allegheny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/16\/circa-1916-allegheny-observatory-allegheny\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/16\\\/circa-1916-allegheny-observatory-allegheny\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 658px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"658\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 658px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"658\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/16\/circa-1916-allegheny-observatory-allegheny\/attachment\/2414\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"654\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbr3s4Cj9Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1051\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Allegheny Observatory\\r\\rAllegheny Observatory in Riverview Park, completed in 1912, is marking its 100th year of exploring the night sky over Pittsburgh. The building\\u0027s cornerstone was laid in 1900, but funding shortfalls kept the observatory from opening for more than a decade. In this photo from the early 20th century, likely about 1916, shows its three domes. The research telescope, the 30-inch Thaw Memorial Refractor, was designed and built by the Brashear Optical company in 1912. It is 47 feet long and has a moving mass of about 8000 pounds.\\r\\rPittsburgh Press photo&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tumblr_HTY_1912_Allegheny_Observatory&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Allegheny Observatory&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park, completed in 1912, is marking its 100th year of exploring the night sky over Pittsburgh. The building&#8217;s cornerstone was laid in 1900, but funding shortfalls kept the observatory from opening for more than a decade. In this photo from the early 20th century, likely about 1916, shows its three domes. The research telescope, the 30-inch Thaw Memorial Refractor, was designed and built by the Brashear Optical company in 1912. It is 47 feet long and has a moving mass of about 8000 pounds.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pittsburgh Press photo&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbr3s4Cj9Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbr3s4Cj9Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C656&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbr3s4Cj9Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=654&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"654\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"654\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 654px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Circa 1916:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Allegheny Observatory\u00a0in Riverview Park, completed in 1912, is marking its 100th year of exploring the night sky over Pittsburgh. The building\u2019s cornerstone was laid in 1900, but funding shortfalls kept the observatory from opening for more than a decade. In this photo from the early 20th century, likely about 1916, shows its three domes. The research telescope (the dome on the left), the 30-inch Thaw Memorial Refractor, was designed and built by the Brashear Optical company in 1912. It is 47 feet long and has a mass of about 8000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pittsburgh Press photo)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny Observatory marked its 100th year of exploring the night sky over Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/16\/circa-1916-allegheny-observatory-allegheny\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Allegheny Observatory<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[957,1258,1244],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbr3s4Cj9Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1051&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2278,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/16\/hill-district-at-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":2413,"position":0},"title":"Hill District at night","date":"November 16, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Silhouetted in the foreground is the 229-foot tall tower of the historic Allegheny County courthouse.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdjy2vrPtm1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C965&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1573,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/07\/24\/pittsburghs-bridge-to-nowhere\/","url_meta":{"origin":2413,"position":1},"title":"Pittsburgh&#8217;s bridge to nowhere","date":"July 24, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The Fort Duquesne Bridge now serves as a connection between Downtown and the North Side, spanning the Allegheny River. 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