American Artifacts: Old Naval Observatory

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Channel: C-SPAN · 2011 · Science & Technology

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C-SPAN joined the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia for a tour of the former National Observatory in Washington, DC near the Lincoln Memorial.  Built by the Navy in 1844, the scientific facility operated until 1893, when a new observatory was constructed several miles away.

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