• A black-and-white photo shows a silver-colored airship inside a hangar, with a few struts and girders visible on the front half.
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    The USS Akron was constructed inside the Goodyear Hangar, which, after its completion in 1929, was the largest building in the world without interior supports.

  • A black-and-white photo shows a silver-colored airship inside a hangar, with a few struts and girders visible on the front half.

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1929

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U.S. Navy History and Heritage

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