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The last airship built in the airdock was the U.S. Navy's ZPG-3W in 1960. The building later housed the photographic division of the Goodyear Aerospace Corporation. In 1980, the Goodyear Airdock was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Interior of the Goodyear Airdock, May 1985
It provided an unusually extensive room for the construction of "lighter-than-air" ships (airships, dirigibles, or blimps). The first two airships to be constructed and launched at the Goodyear Airdock were Akron and its sister ship, Macon, built in 1931 and 1933, respectively. These two airships were 785 feet (239 m) in length.
Additional hangars, which housed the USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5), exist in Akron, Ohio (the Goodyear Airdock, 1929) and Sunnyvale, California (Hangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield, 1932). The ships were constructed in Akron. The Akron was based in Lakehurst while the Macon was based at Moffett Field.
The Goodyear Airdock, is in Akron, Ohio and the structure was completed on November 25, 1929. The Airdock was used for the construction of the USS Akron and her sister ship, the USS Macon. Hangar One at Moffett Federal Field (formerly Naval Air Station Moffett Field), is located in Mountain View, California. The structure was completed in 1931.
The Wingfoot Lake Hangar was built in 1917 for testing and construction of aircraft by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. During World War I and II, Goodyear built and manufactured blimps for the U.S. Navy and the first class of Navy airship pilots were trained at the site. [3] Today the hangar is still used as the center of operations for ...
Goodyear Airdock United States: 1929 Akron, Ohio 34 000 m 2 (364,000 sq ft) 1.5 million m 3 (55 million cu ft) Airship Hangar for the Goodyear Company, at one time the largest building in the world without interior supports. [13] Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre Ireland: 2007 Donabate, Fingal: 80,194 m 2 (863,200 sq ft)
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 54: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Building and B.F. Goodrich Building: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Building and B.F. Goodrich Building: February 19, 2002 : 2809 Parry Ave. and 4136-40 Commerce St.
July 30, The San Jose Chamber of Commerce acquired a 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) parcel of the Yñigo Ranch bordering San Francisco Bay, paid for with nearly $480,000 raised by the citizens of Santa Clara County, [1] then "sold" the parcel for $1 to the US government as a home base for the Navy airship USS Macon. The location proved to be ideal for ...