Goodyear Airdock - Wikipedia
The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar in Akron, Ohio. At its completion in 1929, it was the largest building in the world without interior supports.
Goodyear Airdock - U.S. National Park Service
The Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, was constructed in 1929 by the Goodyear Zepplin Corporation from plans created by the Wilbur Watson Engineering Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Work began on April 20, 1929, and by November 25 …
Goodyear Airdock – Akron, Ohio - Atlas Obscura
Nov 14, 2014 · Built in 1929, the almost unbelievably huge Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, was created as a space where blimps, airships, and dirigibles could be constructed, but building such a massive...
Akron, OH - Goodyear Airship Hangar - Roadside America
In the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest building without interior supports, the Goodyear Airdock -- where Goodyear once built blimps --- is 22 stories high and could accommodate four Super Bowl Games at once!
Akron Airdock - Cleveland Historical
Designed by the Wilbur Watson Engineering Co. of Cleveland and built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation for the construction and housing of lighter-than-air ships (as blimps are sometimes called), the Airdock was once the world's largest structure without …
Akron, Ohio | Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin acquired the Airdock, a former Goodyear Zeppelin facility, in 1997. Built in 1929, the airship hangar was designed to construct and store lighter-than-air ships, including the famous Goodyear Blimp. Additionally, the Airdock is so large it could fit seven football fields inside.
A century of Goodyear airships (photos, video) - cleveland.com
Sep 23, 2016 · The Goodyear blimp, Puritan, flying over the incomplete Airdock in 1929. It was built to house the Akron and Macon. (Goodyear)
Goodyear Airdock - ASCE
The Goodyear Airdock remains among the largest buildings ever designed, in terms of obstruction-free interior square footage. It covers an area larger than eight football fields set side-by-side and is roughly as tall as a 22-story building.
The Goodyear Airdock, Where It Rains Indoors - Slate Magazine
Jul 20, 2015 · Built in 1929, the almost unbelievably huge Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio, was created as a space where blimps, airships, and dirigibles could be constructed, but building such a massive...
AKRON AIRSHIP HISTORICAL CENTER - Museums Database
The Akron Airship Historical Center is a museum located in Akron, OH, dedicated to the history of airships. The center is housed in the Goodyear Airdock, which was originally built in 1929 to house the USS Akron, one of the largest airships ever built.
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