The University of Birmingham Astronomical Society owns a Grubb telescope from 1872... we recently obtained funding to refurbish this wonderful piece. As I am the Chair of the society I'm quite involved in doing this... I will post a more detailed piece on the scope once all the work is done but here are a few pics of the current progress....
screw that holds the base to the roof has completely fallen apart
metal bits off the Grubb... Physics department and Guild of Students (the original site for the telescope) sit in the background
fine adjustement screws on the main column of the 1872 made base...
the more modern gear mechanism for our Grubb telescope mount
counterweights come off the telescope from 1872 for the first time in a while!
