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Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp, Richmond County, NY

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp,...

Significance: Located at New Dorp, Staten Island, it was constructed during 1919-21 by the U.S. Army for the purposes of establishing an Air Coast Defense Station in the vicinity of New York City. It was one of... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: The Seaplane Hangar is an early military aircraft maintenance and repair shop with the use of steel frame construction and corrugated asbestos walls. Survey number: HABS FL-242 National Register... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

ELLYSON, THEODORE G. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

ELLYSON, THEODORE G. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burgess Seaplane for N.Y. Naval Militia

Burgess Seaplane for N.Y. Naval Militia

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A giant seaplane under construction at the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

A giant seaplane under construction at the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Co...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp, Richmond County, NY

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp,...

Significance: Located at New Dorp, Staten Island, it was constructed during 1919-21 by the U.S. Army for the purposes of establishing an Air Coast Defense Station in the vicinity of New York City. It was one of... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

ELLYSON, THEODORE C. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

ELLYSON, THEODORE C. LIEUT. U.S.N. TESTING SEAPLANE ON POTOMAC

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Ramps Nos. 2, 3 & 4, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Ramps Nos. 2, 3 & 4, North Is...

Significance: The seaplane ramps are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs c... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NC-4 (Seaplane) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

NC-4 (Seaplane) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

SEAPLANE. DEMONSTRATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

SEAPLANE. DEMONSTRATION - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of Industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes wrecked by Japanese bombs and bullets during the air attacks on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The plane was an OS2U, an Observation Scout built by Vought-Sikorsky

Pearl Harbor bombing. Wrecked seaplane. One of the 80 U.S. Navy planes...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford I...

Significance: It is associated with the establishment of Naval Air Station facilities on Ford Island in the 1920s. It reflects the Navy's use of seaplanes during this era of early aviation. Facility No. S360, c... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard west of Gannet Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard we...

Significance: Facility No. 54 was built in 1935 as part of the expansion of facilities for the Fleet Air Base at Ford Island in the period preceding World War II. The hangar is significant for its architecture... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard west of Gannet Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard we...

Significance: Facility No. 54 was built in 1935 as part of the expansion of facilities for the Fleet Air Base at Ford Island in the period preceding World War II. The hangar is significant for its architecture... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Ramps Nos. 2, 3 & 4, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Ramps Nos. 2, 3 & 4, North Is...

Significance: The seaplane ramps are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs c... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp, Richmond County, NY

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp,...

Significance: Located at New Dorp, Staten Island, it was constructed during 1919-21 by the U.S. Army for the purposes of establishing an Air Coast Defense Station in the vicinity of New York City. It was one of... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford I...

Significance: It is associated with the establishment of Naval Air Station facilities on Ford Island in the 1920s. It reflects the Navy's use of seaplanes during this era of early aviation. Facility No. S360, c... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

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U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

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U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Statio... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

British seaplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

British seaplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a Royal Aircraft Factory HRE2 airplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Rigged as a sailing-boat: a German submarine submerging, sails and all, to avoid a British seaplane's bomb

Rigged as a sailing-boat: a German submarine submerging, sails and all...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joyce Estate, Seaplane Hangar, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of County Road 335, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, MN

Joyce Estate, Seaplane Hangar, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 m...

Significance: ... the Seaplane Hangar was constructed in the early 1950s to house a seaplane owned by Beatrice Clotilde ("B.C.") Joyce, the daughter of the estate's founder, David Gage Joyce. B.C. used the air... More

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp, Richmond County, NY

Miller Field, Seaplane Hangar, New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, New Dorp,...

Significance: Located at New Dorp, Staten Island, it was constructed during 1919-21 by the U.S. Army for the purposes of establishing an Air Coast Defense Station in the vicinity of New York City. It was one of... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Boat House, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbo...

Significance: Built in 1942 and expanded in 1944, Building 19 at NASWI is significant on a national level for its association with the U.S. military effort during World War II. It is an important element of th... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

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