300-foot meridian telescope at Green Bank after collapse
At 9:43 p.m. EST on Tuesday November 15, 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. This is a photograph of the 300-foot telescope taken on November 16, 1988, after the collapse. The loss of the 300-foot telescope resulted in the Green Bank Telescope Project.
