Daniel Scholl Observatory was the astronomical observatory

Observatory

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 built by Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...

. Construction began in 1884 and the building was dedicated June 16, 1886. Total cost of the observatory and equipment was $13,579.

Building cost- $3,000
Steel

Steel

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 Dome $2,000 by Grubb & Sons, Dublin, Ireland
Equipment cost-$8,579 total

• $4,199 for 11" Repsold Telescope (Hamburg, Germany)
• $2,200 lens manufactured by Alvin Clark & Sons, Cambridge, MA
• $2,180 for chronometer, chronograph, transit, clock and other equipment

Starting in 1889 it was one of the official Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 weather stations. In 1925 the observatory was moved 200 yards north to make way for a dormitory

Dormitory

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. The observatory was razed in 1966.