RE: (erielack) Palomar telescope mirror blank

[ElJefe3126_@_netscape.net (El Jefe)]

"Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Stolen from the Freight Cars list.  This shipment originated on the ERIE.
>
>SGL
>
>
>Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:39:20 -0800
>From: Dan Tillmanns <tillmanns_@_iwvisp.com>
>Subject: Palomar telescope mirror blank
>
>I notice in your list some interest about the shipment of the Palomar 
>telescope mirror blank. This is described in detail in this book. At 
>the time it was the most valuable single item ever shipped by rail. 
>The railroads went to extreme caution during the shipment. Special 
>trains accompanied by Vice Presidents. Spiking shut all switches. 
>Vacating adjacent main line tracks. Halting all trains. The route was 
>circuitous because of the clearances required. The blank was shipped 
>on edge in a well flatcar and cleared the track below by inches.

Schuyler, do you know what the route was?  Did it stay on the Erie all the way to Chicago?

Jeff Larson
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