In the 1920s and 1930s airship mooring masts were built in many countries. At least two were mounted on ships. Without doubt the tallest mooring mast ever designed was the spire of the Empire State Building which was originally constructed to serve as a mooring mast, although soon after converted for use as a television and radio transmitter tower due to the discovered infeasibility of mooring an airship, for any length of time, to a very tall mast in the middle of an urban area.
This style of mast known as the Cardington mast was first completed in 1926. It was an eight sided steel girder structure, 200 feet (61m) high
Four high masts of the Cardington type were built along the proposed British Empire Airship Service routes, at Cardington itself, at Montreal (Canada), Ismailia (Egypt) and Karachi (then India, now in Pakistan). None of these survive.
malgoya on June 18th, 2017 at 14:35 UTC »
In the 1920s and 1930s airship mooring masts were built in many countries. At least two were mounted on ships. Without doubt the tallest mooring mast ever designed was the spire of the Empire State Building which was originally constructed to serve as a mooring mast, although soon after converted for use as a television and radio transmitter tower due to the discovered infeasibility of mooring an airship, for any length of time, to a very tall mast in the middle of an urban area.
This style of mast known as the Cardington mast was first completed in 1926. It was an eight sided steel girder structure, 200 feet (61m) high
Four high masts of the Cardington type were built along the proposed British Empire Airship Service routes, at Cardington itself, at Montreal (Canada), Ismailia (Egypt) and Karachi (then India, now in Pakistan). None of these survive.
Here's moor pictures:
https://i.imgur.com/SPyBpug.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OFKrvyb.jpg
edit: I found this old newspaper article showing how this was supposed to work on the Empire State Building. Hope you're not afraid of heights!
joshyrA on June 18th, 2017 at 15:13 UTC »
Wasn't there a photo of a airship that was attached to a dock in a storm and it was vertical?
dtpr on June 18th, 2017 at 16:12 UTC »
So, that's totally the Planet Express building, right? I'm not the only one seeing it?