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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 20, Propeller Laboratory, Northwest corner of Seventh & E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Summary
Significance: Built incrementally from 1927 until 1942, this structure has specialized construction designed to accommodate the testing of propellers and drive motors as well as containing space for supporting functions such as a shop and engineering offices. The experiments conducted here were essential to aircraft technology before adoption of the jet engine.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N108
Survey number: HAER OH-79-J
Building/structure dates: 1929
Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1942 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pfueller, Lisa, transmitter
Location
Dayton (Ohio), 39.75895, -84.19161
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
