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Travis Air Force Base, B-36 Hangar, Between Woodskill Avenue & Ellis, adjacent to Taxi, Fairfield, Solano County, CA



B&W Photos

HB192595
BWPhotos 377492
HB192596
BWPhotos 377493
HB192597
BWPhotos 377494
HB192598
BWPhotos 377495

HB192599
BWPhotos 377496
HB192600
BWPhotos 377497
HB192601
BWPhotos 377498
HB192602
BWPhotos 377499

HB192603
BWPhotos 377500
HB192604
BWPhotos 377501


Item Title
BWPhotos 377501

Location
adjacent to Taxi, Fairfield, CA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2669-B
Building/structure dates: 1955 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1961 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1965 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1966 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1970 subsequent work
Significance: Building 810 is significant as an excellent example of a double-cantilever, medium bomber hangar used for maintenance of the B-36. It was one of the first such double-bay bomber hangars erected nationwide by the Strategic Air Command (SAC). The B-36 was SAC's first long-range, intercontinental bomber carrying nuclear weapons, the only aircraft during the early years of the Cold War capable of reaching - and returning from - the Soviet Union. This maintenance hangar, in response to the size of the bomber, was monumental. Similar structures were built at SAC installations between 1952 and 1957. The double-cantilever, B-36 hangar was one of the first symbolic military structures of the Cold War; its physical size foreshadowed the moleholes and alert apron of the B-52 and KC-135 tanker.

Related Names
Snyder, John, Photographer


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

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