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Dec. 3, 1945: Workers pose with the mirror of the 200-inch telescope at the Caltech Optical Shop in Pasadena when grinding work was resumed following the end of World War II. Work was halted in 1942. The mirror was transportedd to Palomar Observatory in 1947.