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General Information
| Completion: | 1982 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Geodesic dome |
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Aircraft hangar |
Location
| Location: |
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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| Address: | Windsor Way |
| Coordinates: | 33° 45' 4" N 118° 11' 20" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| diameter | 126 m | |
| height | 40 m |
Materials
| dome |
aluminum
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Notes
The building was home to Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose (the world's largest aircraft ever built) until 1992 when it was moved to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon. The building is now used as a sound stage and ship terminal for Carnival Cruise Lines.
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Relevant Publications
- (1993): PolyFrame; the system solution space structures. Presented at: Fourth International Conference on Space Structures, University of Surrey, Guildford, 5-10.09.1993, pp. 1401.
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27/02/2008 - Last updated on:
01/04/2021
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