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The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar in Akron, Ohio. At its completion in 1929, it was the largest building in the world without interior supports.
Feb 18, 2022 · This ten-minute silent Goodyear film contains most of the surviving footage showing how Akron’s rigid airship construction shed, the “Airdock,” was built. Beginning in the heady days before the...
Take a virtual tour of Goodyear's Blimp hangar at Wingfoot Lake in Akron, Ohio, or request a visit to one of the three airship bases.
In the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest building without interior supports, the Goodyear Airdock -- where Goodyear once built blimps --- is 22 stories high and could accommodate four Super Bowl Games at once!
Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH Contributor Names Historic American Engineering Record, creator
You can't get in to look around but you can drive right up to it. Over 1100 feet long, 300 feet wide and over 200 feet high. One of the biggest buildings I've ever seen. If you are an aviation enthusiast, this is a must see facility if you are in Akron. No Goodyear blimps on site when we were there, unless they were inside.
The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar facility in Akron, Ohio. When it was completed in 1929, it was the largest structure in the world without interior supports. It is 1,175 feet long, 325 feet wide, and 211 feet tall, with about 364,000 square feet of unobstructed floor space.
