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An address presented before the American Institute of Physics as part of the AIP's 25th Anniversary Session on the general topic “Anticipations”, held February 2, 1956, in New York City.

High in the mountains of Bolivia is situated a spacious and well‐equipped high‐altitude laboratory. At an altitude of 17 000 feet, it can be reached by auto all year around and virtually unlimited power is brought in on a special high‐tension power line. The story of how the Chacaltaya laboratory was constructed is a testimonial to what can be accomplished by determined physicists even in a relatively unprosperous country.