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D717-3
Date(s)
- 1936-10-17 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The Navy's mooring mast at Fort Lewis constructed in 1924 for the visit of the dirigible Shenandoah. Close-up view of structural elements of tower, looking up toward platform. The $60,000 mooring mast has been maintained for 12 years but never used again. It will soon be dismantled at the request of the Army. The Shenandoah, the first rigid airship built in America, was one of group of dirigibles built by the military during the 20's and 30's. Of the four, the Shenandoah, Akron, Macon and Los Angeles; only the Los Angeles did not come to a tragic end. (T. Times 10/1936, pg. 7)
Mooring masts; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Airships--Associated objects;