File:Photographic copy of Main Roof Girder Details (Ammann and Whitney and The Ballinger Company, April 12, 1955). In files of the City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation, HAER PA,51-PHILA,713-33.tif

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Photographic copy of Main Roof Girder Details (Ammann and Whitney and The Ballinger Company, April 12, 1955). In files of the City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation, Terminal E, Philadelphia International Airport. Reprinted with permission of the Division of Aviaiton. - TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Description
Ballinger Company; Ammann and Whitney; Leigh Structural Steel Company
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER PA,51-PHILA,713-33
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar.
  • Survey number: HAER PA-561
  • Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3780.photos.362347p
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