U.S.S. Shenandoah Crash Sites
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An overall view of the construction of the U.S.S. Shenandoah
(ZR-1). The photograph reveals the size of both the Shenandoah
and Hanger No. 1. The hanger is 803.5 feet long, 258 feet wide,
and 172 feet high. As mentioned before, the shenandoah was 680
feet two inches long and 93 feet two inches tall. (Clements
Collection)
Above, the Shenandoah or "Star Daughter" (Algonquin
Indian word) now lies fallen in a valley near Ava, Ohio, after
a courageous flight for her life. Interstate 77 now covers
most of the area where this section came to rest. The crash
occured during the Noble County Fair and many individuals
by-passed the fair to view America's rigid airship. Three
quarters of a million oxen tummies (goldbeaters skin) were
used to make the gas cells that held the ship's 2,115,174
cubic feet of helium (Davies Photograph)
AT left, the bow section of the U.S.S. Shenandoah is seen
as it lay on the Ernest Nichols farm near Sharon, Ohio. Several
survivors came from this section that free ballooned from
Ava following the break up of the ship. Mr. Nichols helped
bring the nose section down by tying ropes around some trees.
(Stanley Nichols Collection)
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