Utah's First Astr Astronomical Observatory Doomed 4 I f 1 4 4 C cc i f i S The old adobe building in Temple square which served as an nn astronomical olm observatory r ator for fOl Or Orson on Pratt one of the tho greatest mathematicians of the early west vest j is a about out to be bc dismantled au anti nud do- do C 1 h 13 3 the tIle Mormon ormon church ties tics Tho llio building is ono one of or time tIle landmarks lund land marks of the time city Tho Tue was building ori originally constructed construct- construct cd ed in The The frame structure later sheathed with adobe was used to house the tIme astronomical in instruments that were I loaned by th time the general government Jo tn to till the Mormon church for the tho purpose of or I making observations ll cr at that point Orson Or Or- son wn was given c charge charce e and 1111 located t the e Salt Lake meridian from which winch point till all purveys in this state arc ni-c com com- puh pitted ted d The lime exact point through which this thili meridian passos SUS is in the time red l' l block at nt tho the southeast corner of t time lo temple square Jh Tho latitude anti and longi loni- tilde linde of this point i is 10 W it degrees egre 10 Jj 4 bc seconds on 8 north latitude o. o and amid 11 1 11 degrees 13 53 minutes 17 Ji seconds west longitude i h Mr Ir Pratt nl also o used the instruments for scientific study stud and to correct time for Salt Lak Lake j Cit City and aud surrounding nJ cit cities ir rJ fh The and amid delicate instruments are arc being dismantled nn and cleaned by hy Frank Prank J J. Van Vin Winkle Winkle United United States examiner of surveys 8 of or Ul of th the I surveyor general for Utah assisted by 1 Howard ard t Miller and Andrew Andrw Nelson COll connected te with wih the tho same sanie o Cl 4 The instruments are arc of specially tine fine lne workmanship says 18 Mr lr Van Win in kit kle anti and aut are aro wen oven moru mimi accurate than thau those c that are aro rc manufactured d bv liv machinery Jachin machin cry ery at this day lay The fhe instruments are arc in in H a t splendid strata state of preservation ot even a n screw v i is missing rhe They rhey will willbe wi b be Lq thoroughly cleaned and overhauled o and will vill thc then bo be loaned I the wi I by government govern r o ment lent to the tho presiding bishop of tIme the Mormon Mornion church to bo be e placed in time the tIl Deseret Des Dos oret eret ct historical museum which whelm will wi have have- its is home in the time Vermont Vemont building Time The red sandstone pedestal on which the in instrument in- in strument was will wil also alo be he trans trans- J to tho the museum