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Akron, Ohio, Goodyear Airship Factory and Dock, vintage postcard

Akron, Ohio, Goodyear Airship Factory and Dock, vintage postcard, historic photo

A vintage postcard of the Goodyear Airship Factory and Dock, Akron, Ohio. Text from the back of the card: "The length is 1175 feet between center lines of door tracks; its width is 325 feet center to center. The height from the floor of the platform at the top is 211 feet. It is the largest structure in the world without interior supports. Ten football games could be played simultaneously under its roof." This postcard view is from 1930.

Akron is in Summit County, Ohio

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