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Free Natural History Museum
Matthew Laflin Memorial Building

USA , ILLINOIS , CHICAGO

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Type: Globe
Opened in 1913

Address: 2001 N Clark Street, - Chicago, IL 60614
Country: USA
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Website:
Website 2: https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/events/historic-atwood-sphere/

10 seats

Dome of 5.2m

Technical
Dome: thin galvanized sheet metal

Facilities

Operation

History

- June 1913: Atwood Celestial Sphere: 5.18m (17 feet), 692 holes (by Dr Wallace Atwood, geographer and geologist)
- 1959: painting outside to look like a terrestrial globe
- 1995: dismantled
- January 16, 1997: moved to Adler Planetarium (without painting Earth globe)

Comments

Latitude: 41°55'08" N - Longitude: 87°38'07" W - Altitude: 184m
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