Vermilion River Observatory - University of Illinois

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Location of old 400' "Big Ditch" Radio Telescope (near the center of this outline, now completely grown over) and 120' movable parabolic telescope (remnants of this telescope are the small buildings at the upper right). At the time among the largest radio telescopes in the world.

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Coordinates: 40°3'28"N 87°33'42"W

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