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University of Western Ontario, Science Bldg.

Colour postcard image of a 3-story grey brick university building. Large antenna centered on roof. The label on the top identifies it as the Science Building, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
birds-eye view of UWO Physics building, black & white

UWO Science building, c. 1927

Images courtesy of the University of Western Ontario, Physics Dept. archive, used with permission.

The building that now houses UWO’s Physics Department, opened its doors in 1925 as the Science Building. Radar research was conducted here during WWII. At one point there was a small, unheated shack on the roof where physicists studied antenna interference patterns. The shack was later moved to make it more accessible.