Stout Air Transport 2-AT Circles the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, December 19, 1925
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When built in 1925, Ford Airport's dirigible mooring mast featured an elaborate "collar" and haul-down device -- visible on the structure's left side -- that rotated 360 degrees, allowing a moored airship to be pointed into the wind regardless of direction. The device, along with the airship, could be lowered to the ground, permitting passengers to board or disembark at ground level.
When built in 1925, Ford Airport's dirigible mooring mast featured an elaborate "collar" and haul-down device -- visible on the structure's left side -- that rotated 360 degrees, allowing a moored airship to be pointed into the wind regardless of direction. The device, along with the airship, could be lowered to the ground, permitting passengers to board or disembark at ground level.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 December 1925
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.45006
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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