Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 24, 1946
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Artifact Overview
Airships seemed to hold great promise in the 1920s, so Henry Ford built a mooring mast at Ford Airport. The structure, 210 feet tall, was painted in bands of yellow, black, and white for maximum visibility. Only two airships, the Army's RS-1 and the Navy's Los Angeles, ever used the mast before the Hindenburg disaster ended the airship era in 1937.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
24 October 1946
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.83410
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.875 in
Width: 8 in
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