Goodyear-Zeppelin airship dock collection, 1920-1959.

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Goodyear-Zeppelin airship dock collection, 1920-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262471026

1 manuscript box ; 15 1/2 x 12 x 9 in.

California state library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158239

California state library

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Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation

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The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed in 1923 as a partnership between the Goodyear Corporation and the Zeppelin Company to build rigid-frame airships in the United States. The company built an enormous hangar in Wingfoot Lake, near Akron Ohio, for this purpose. In 1929, Goodyear-Zeppelin built a new airship dock in Los Angeles, the subject of this collection, which eventually became known as the Wingfoot Plant. Goodyear-Zeppelin built not only dirigibles but also blimps, F4U Corsair figh...