Photos from Al Hall & Dick Parker's Clark Telescope Drive Restoration

The new “old” drive was re-dedicated and ownership passed to the Skyscrapers Board of Trustees during a ceremony at the annual Skyscrapers Cookout which was held on Saturday, July 11th, 2009. First light with the telescope being driven by its old weight drive occurred on July 13th, 2009 with myself, President Bob Horton and First Vice President Bob Napier in attendance.
  • The Alvan Clark telescope at Seagrave Observatory, circa late 1960s
  • CAD model of the flyball governor
  • The Alvan Clark telescope at Seagrave Observatory, circa late 1960s
  • Al Hall and Dick Parker
  • Clark telescope weight drive
  • Alvan Clark Drive Mechanism & Dennis DiCicco
  • flyballs
  • Al Hall & Dick Parker present the rebuilt flyball gobernor at Stellafane 2007
  • Alvan Clark before restoration
  • The Alvan Clark telescope at Seagrave Observatory, circa late 1960s
  • Fauth Governor
  • Clark Drive Reconstruction
  • The Alvan Clark telescope drive system, circa late 1960s
  • Missing Leaf Spring
  • Another Old Clark
  • Al Hall places the flyball governor
  • Clark telescope weight drive
  • The flyball governor spinning for the first time in decades
  • Restored flyball governer installed on the Alvan Clark telescope
  • Clark telescope weight drive
  • Al Hall and Dick Parker
  • Clark telescope weight drive