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Earth Dome II under construction

• ... that as one of its campus traditions, Pomona College reveres the number 47, having the bell in its clock tower chime on the 47th minute of the hour?

• ... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?

• ... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/September#1 September 2020
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/September#7 September 2020
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/October#1 October 2020