Framework of Goodyear-Zeppelin airship factory and dock at Akron (Ohio) airport; building is semi-ellipsoid formed by series of 13 arch trusses of 325-ft. span, 198 1/2 ft. high; counterweight and locomotive crane combination used in erecting framework of spherical doors; falls from traveler and fixed stiff-leg derricks were utilized. (Editorial comment on p. 872)
Weighted cables raise 360-ton arches in airship dock
Eng. News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 103 , n 23
1929
5 pages
10 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
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Airship factory and dock of Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
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