Scrapyard Scope
A friend of mine here in Spain (Andy Devey - he produces superb videos of solar flares) took me to a local scrapyard to show me the remains of a very large and heavy telescope that he had come across. I thought this might possibly be of interest. I am going to ask Andy for more information on its history that I know he has looked into. I attach some images - the first one includes Andy. Note that it is designed for the local latitude of about 37 degrees.