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File:Detail of door on east facade. View toward north - Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA HAER CA-335-A-7.tif

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Detail of door on east facade. View toward north - Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA
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Moffett, William A.
NASA Ames Research Center
Integrated Science Solutions, Inc.
Moffett Field Historical Society
Page and Turnbull, Inc.
Porter, William A., photographer
Title
Detail of door on east facade. View toward north - Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA
Depicted place California; Santa Clara County; Sunnyvale
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER CA-335-A-7
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  • Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his efforts, two Naval Air Stations (NAS) were commissioned in the early 1930s to port the two U.S. Naval Airships (dirigibles) he believed capable of this challenge. The NAS Sunnyvale was the Pacific Coast location selected, designed, and developed to port the U.S.S. MACON (ZRS 5). The immense structure, Hangar 1, designed to house the U.S.S. MACON, with its larger counterpart in Akron, OH, remain the two largest structures in the US without internal support. At the onset of WWII, the base was expanded with Hangars 2 & 3 which were designed to accommodate the smaller blimps and balloons used for reconnaissance, until the range of heavier than air aircraft (airplanes) was sufficient to patrol the coast...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1117
  • Survey number: HAER CA-335-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1933 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 94000045.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca3437.photos.365423p
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Object location37° 22′ 08″ N, 122° 02′ 07.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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