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At 9:43 p.m. EST on Tuesday the 15th of November 1988, the 300-foot telescope in Green Bank collapsed. The collapse was due to the sudden failure of a key structural element -- a large gusset plate in the box girder assembly that formed the main support for the antenna. The loss of the 300-Foot telescope resulted in the Green Bank Telescope Project.
Photos by Richard Porcas
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