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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1929/11/00 Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation Builder Construction begins on the USS Akron (ZRS-4), a helium-filled rigid airship for the United States Navy. The frames is made of the new lightweight alloy duralumin 17-SRT.
1929/11/25 Wilbur Watson Engineering Co Architect Goodyear Airdock is built, construction began on April 20, 1929, and by November 25 the Airdock was completed at a cost of $2.2 million
1931/00/00 Harold Gustav Dick Work Harold Dick is transferred to the Goodyear Zeppelin Corp, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber, where he works in project design during construction of the USS Macon. USS MACON (airship remains) Fate of the USS Macon
1931/08/08 Lou Hoover Dignitary USS Akron (ZRS-4) is christened by First Lady Lou Hoover, construction began November 1929
1933/04/11 Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation Builder USS MACON is christened by Jeanette Whitton Moffett, wife of Admiral William Moffett. Built by Goodyear Aerospace at the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio USS MACON (airship remains) Fate of the USS Macon
1992/00/00 William Jefferson Clinton Politician Bill Clinton campaigns in Akron during the 1992 Presidential Election, about 30,000 people came to the Goodyear Airdock to see him

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Particulars for Goodyear Airdock:
Building Type Aircraft Hangar
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Aviation, Air-related
Sight Category Building
Airship Type Dirigible
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 11th April 1973

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Goodyear Airdock
Registry Address: S side of the Akron Airport
Registry Number: 73002259
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Wilbur Watson Engineering Co.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 9
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Transportation, Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1929
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Air-related
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility

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