Tag Archives: Noble County Ohio

Airship Autopsy – Before the Hindenburg, there was the Shenandoah

Posted on October 20, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: MIT News Magazine/MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Michael Greshko and SM ’15 Just before dawn on September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah, an airship that was over two football fields long and constructed from an alloy of copper and … Continue reading →

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Save the Date: August 1: A special program commemorating the loss of the USS Shenandoah

Posted on June 22, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

On August 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, The Lighter-Than-Air Society will present a free program titled “The Heroes of the Shenandoah” in the Auditorium of the Akron-Summit County Main Library, 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio. Free parking is available … Continue reading →

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March 15: Talk about America’s Forgotten Airship Disaster

Posted on March 8, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Sunday MARCH 15, 2015, 2:30 pm Author Aaron Keirns will give a talk about his book, “America’s Forgotten Airship Disaster, the Crash of the USS Shenandoah” at the Garst Museum, 205 North Broadway Street, Greenville, OH 45331.

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Can you help identify these items from the USS Shenandoah?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

The Noble County Historical Society in Caldwell, Ohio uses the historic jail/jailer’s residence as its museum. One of the old jail cells is used to display a series of artifacts recovered from the crash of the USS Shenandoah. On September … Continue reading →

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