Goodyear zeppelin in airdock photograph   Save
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Description: The zeppelin under construction in the photograph is most likely the USS Akron or its sister ship, the USS Macon, built in the early 1930s. The center of zeppelin production in the United States was Akron, Ohio. In 1916, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company purchased land near Akron to build a plant that could produce zeppelin aircraft. The plant was called the Goodyear Airdock. In 1917, the main Goodyear Company created a subsidiary known as the Goodyear Zeppelin Company to manufacture the zeppelins. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_003_1
Subjects: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation; Airships; Hangars
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)