Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71, Power Plant Engine Test Torque Stands, Seventh Street between D & G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: Building 71 is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was the location of Wright Field's first permanent engine test cells. Other structures in the complex were built due to the increased research demands of World War II.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N108
Survey number: HAER OH-79-AX
Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction