Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Summary
Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had become inadequate due to increased activity prior to the war.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N119
Survey number: HAER OH-79-F
Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hazelet & Erdal
F. K. Vaughn Building Company
Pfueller, Lisa, transmitter
Location
Dayton (Ohio), 39.75895, -84.19161
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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