From the January 29, 1938, issue
By Science News
DOME FOR 200-INCH TELESCOPE IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION
The dome for the great 200-inch telescope on Mt. Palomar is practically finished structurally, and California Institute of Technology engineers can now breathe easier while completion and installation of equipment take place under its shelter during the next couple of years. By February 1, the dome itself will be complete.
The external shell is still to be painted outside and in with aluminum paint, miles of wiring for electrical circuits are still to be put into place, and of course the great telescope itself is far from completion.