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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUG_alaskan-totem-pole_Akron-OH.html
Presented to theAll-American Soap Box Derbyby the Juneau, Alaska,Rotary Club
Original of this pole stands at Wrangell, Alaska, where since 1890 it has served as a memorial to the Kiksadi chief, Kolteen...the monument consists of four memory dev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUF_motorless-flight_Akron-OH.html
To honor the pioneering spiritand enthusiam of the Citizensof Akron who supported thesignificant advances tomotorless flight from1929 to 1936a commemorative flighttoday re-enacts thefirst towed gliderflight 50 years agofrom Akron to Columbuscarryi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6P_the-soap-box-derby_Akron-OH.html
An annual summer tradition for American youth since the 1930s, the All-American Soap Box Derby was the concept of journalist Myron E. ("Scottie") Scott, who covered an impromptu homebuilt gravity-car race in Dayton in 1933. Scott conceived and pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6N_airdock_Akron-OH.html
A colossus of engineering acumen and structural steel, the Airdock was built in 1929 as the construction facility for the U.S. Navy's rigid airships, the USS Akron (1931) and USS Macon (1933). The airships, or dirigibles, served as the fleet's aer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT64_karl-arnstein_Akron-OH.html
The innovations of Dr. Karl Arnstein (1887-1974), an aerospace industry pioneer, form the foundation for lighter-than-air technology in use today. His mathematical proof and application of modern stress analysis allowed the construction of larger,…