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- Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <em>Hindenburg</em> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
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Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Workmen Removing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <em>Hindenburg</em> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Workmen Removing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Pulling Down the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, 1946 - Signals communicate messages from far away. They may take the form of a bonfire sending smoke signals, lanterns or maritime flags on a ship, or the tapped out sounds of Morse code. In this image, signaling flags are being used by men on the ground to guide a safe demolition of the airship mast at Ford Airport.
- October 26, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Pulling Down the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, 1946
Signals communicate messages from far away. They may take the form of a bonfire sending smoke signals, lanterns or maritime flags on a ship, or the tapped out sounds of Morse code. In this image, signaling flags are being used by men on the ground to guide a safe demolition of the airship mast at Ford Airport.
- Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <em>Hindenburg</em> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport Being Demolished, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <em>Hindenburg</em> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport Being Demolished, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 24, 1946 - 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 <em>RS-1</em> and the Navy's <em>Los Angeles</em>, ever used the mast before the <em>Hindenburg</em> disaster ended the airship era in 1937.
- October 24, 1946
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Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 24, 1946
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.