Site of shed is desert about 13 miles east of Karachi, India; built by British Air Ministry; length 850 ft., clear width inside 200 ft., 180 ft. at doors, and clear height at center 170 ft.; it is provided with sliding doors at east end and blank wall at west end; one condition of tender was that shed should be capable of being taken down if necessary and erected elsewhere; construction throughout is steel; to house two rigid airships. See description by T. Scott in Bombay Eng. Congress -- Papers, vol. 16, no. 108, Nov. 1927, 2 pp., 2 figs.


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    Title :

    The Karachi airship shed


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 142 , n 3702


    Publication date :

    1926


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    6 Figs partly on p. 690


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Karachi airship shed

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