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Item Title
Ladd Field, Birchwood Hangar, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
LocationFort Wainwright,
Fairbanks, AK
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS AK-36-B
Building/structure dates:
1943 initial construction
National Register Number: 85002730
Significance: Named after first hangar constructed at Birchwood Airfield near Anchorage. These large wood frame hangars were built at a number of Alaska bases but few survive. Ladd Field was the site for the turnover of lend-lease aircraft to the Russians.
Subjects
Hangars
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF EAST DOORS AND NORTH LEAN TO
2. VIEW OF WEST DOORS AND SOUTH LEAN TO
3. DETAIL OF HANGAR DOORS
4. INTERIOR
5. INTERIOR
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