Riverside Hangar
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Riverside Hangar | |
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Riverside Hangars in the foreground | |
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| Location |
690 Bayfield Street Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°56′30″N 93°3′43″W / 44.94167°N 93.06194°WCoordinates: 44°56′30″N 93°3′43″W / 44.94167°N 93.06194°W |
| Built | 1942 |
| Architect | Unit Structures & Rilco, Inc. |
| Architectural style | similar to Quonset hut |
| NRHP Reference # | 07001315[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 2007 |
The Riverside Hangars are semi-cylindrical-shaped hangars for aircraft installed at Saint Paul Downtown Airport in 1942, immediately adjacent to the Mississippi River. Their important design features are their low-cost and that they were erectable quickly by unskilled workers. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, during World War II, Northwest Airlines employed up to 5,000 people at the site, modifying new B-24 Liberator bombers, some of which received the highly classified H2X radar, which proved to be an invaluable tool in the European theater.[2] Due to frequent flooding, proposals have been introduced to build a flood wall on the riverbank, but opposition and cost have thus far squelched the plans.
References
- ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Kenney, Dave (2004). Minnesota Goes to War - The Home front During World War II. Minnesota Historical Society Press. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
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