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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
Location of Grayson County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grayson County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Grayson County, Texas. There are one district and eight individual properties along with one ...
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.
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.
Location of Nacogdoches County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nacogdoches County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Nacogdoches County, Texas. There are five districts and 18 individual properties ...
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.
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.
Location of Bell County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bell County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bell County, Texas. There are four districts, 66 individual properties, and one former property ...