The roll back doors of the oversized Cardington Airship Sheds 1 and 2. Built in 1916 and used to build RAF airships including the ill fated R101.

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Cardington became one of the major British sites involved in the development of airships when Short Brothers bought land there to build airships for the Admiralty. They constructed a 700 ft long hangar (the No. 1 Shed) in 1915 to enable them to build two rigid airships, the R-31 and the R-32.

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Size: 3325px × 5105px
Location: Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © ATW Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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