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TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar.
Survey number: HAER PA-561
Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Ballinger Company

Ammann & Whitney

Leigh Structural Steel Company

place

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.87440, -75.24242

Google Map of 39.8743959, -75.2424229

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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