National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Hangar #1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station [Final]

Summary

This is the original, signed National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Hangar #1 in Lakehurst's Lighter-Than-Air Historic District. Hangar No. 1 is a 961ft-long, 200ft-high, 350ft-wide, steel arch hangar built in 1921 to house U.S. Navy dirigibles. Two pairs of massive steel doors, mounted on railroad tracks, cover the west and east ends of the hangar and are structurally separate from the hangar itself. Each door weighs 1350 tons and is powered by two twenty horsepower motors. Hangar #1 served as the primary hangar for international airship flights and was the site of the German Zeppelin Hindenburg airship crash in 1937.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• NAES Lakehurst Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive   •
• Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1921 to 1962

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base

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