Hearing to preserve mammoth 1932 naval airship hangar
An important federal agency that oversees historic preservation in the United States will hold a rare public meeting in Mountain View [Calif.] today, to hear from local residents about a battle to preserve Hangar One, the mammoth Moffett Field building that used to house Navy dirigibles...
The public meeting by the influential federal body is the latest development in the long-running battle to decide what to do with the hangar, which was closed in 2003 after tests revealed that the PCBs and other toxins are leaching from the siding and roofing that cover the 76-year-old building...built in 1932 to house mainly the Navy dirigible, the USS Macon.
Hangar One stands more than 200 feet high, is more than 1,000 feet long and more than 300 feet wide... [Moffett Field is the home of NASA Ames Research Center.]
Hangar One is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the building one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the United States.
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The public meeting by the influential federal body is the latest development in the long-running battle to decide what to do with the hangar, which was closed in 2003 after tests revealed that the PCBs and other toxins are leaching from the siding and roofing that cover the 76-year-old building...built in 1932 to house mainly the Navy dirigible, the USS Macon.
Hangar One stands more than 200 feet high, is more than 1,000 feet long and more than 300 feet wide... [Moffett Field is the home of NASA Ames Research Center.]
Hangar One is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the building one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the United States.