Airship hangars, Cardington, Beds
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Airship hangars, Cardington, Beds
Image: © Rodney Burton Taken: 31 Mar 2007
Airships were built here between 1915 and the crash of the R101 in 1930. The nearer No.2 shed was brought from Pulham, Norfolk, and re-erected in 1928; it is 247 metre long and 48 metres tall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington,_Bedfordshire and http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Cardington.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
52.108954
Longitude
-0.421475