Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall at the new gauge, Williamson Park, Lancaster

Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall at the new gauge, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall at the new gauge, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall at the new gauge, Williamson Park, Lancaster
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265916
Reference identifier
NLA20140912009
Title
Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall at the new gauge, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Personal names
James Dowbiggin
General notes
Mr James Dowbiggin taking the rainfall with the new gauge at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster
James Dowbiggin was appointed as the curator of the the Greg Observatory in Williamson Park in 1902 and retired in 1939.

The observatory was demolished around 1960, it's foundations can still be seen at the Park.
For more information see 'Lancaster's Lost Observatory' by Peter Wade in the Journal of British Astronomical Association 102(3) for 1992. Available online at the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System on the Harvard University website.
Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Sepia
Original image size
7.10 x 9.31
Year of image
c1940
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