Akron Fulton Then and Now

[JimH]

I'm slowly putting together a series of Then and Now photos from Akron Fulton. The old Goodyear Aircraft plant and the Airdock are fairly easy to access these days. It's sad that the old Corsair final assembly hangar is now full of "City of Akron" trash, it looks like recyclables but either way it is disgusting. I posted these on the WIX Facebook, and since Flikr is probably going to delete the balance of my photo (over 1000) we will see how long these last here. Enjoy!

Jim

New Corsairs
9F8EA226-7E5B-495B-8BB1-4E9D701624C1 by Jim Harley, on Flickr

422E3614-BA41-452D-A8D1-2A77E4CFB1CE by Jim Harley, on Flickr

Building the Airdock 1929
4E1490AC-B711-4567-937A-0EAD83CDED4F by Jim Harley, on Flickr

NAS Akron
IMG_2953 by Jim Harley, on Flickr

NAS Akron II , you can see the trash pile in the Now photo
3013B3B2-AD8B-4991-AD63-B639246BA515 by Jim Harley, on Flickr

Airdock and the Explorer
6F116CA1-9211-47AF-8880-DFB9CBD8FF80 by Jim Harley, on Flickr

Christopher Columbus in front of the Akron Terminal, looks to be the 1930s
1D50C4D6-45BC-4804-981E-42351A5FE6CB by Jim Harley, on Flickr

Blimp Columbia in front of the terminal
ColumbiaTNAkron by Jim Harley, on Flickr

This photo came from the "Shorty Fulton" collection, not sure what the event was but I'm guessing is was the Soap Box Derby.
n2_43262589735_o by Jim Harley, on Flickr

The Terminal and a Zeppelin, again not sure which one...looks like the Graf or the Los Angeles
TerminalFulton by Jim Harley, on Flickr

U.S.S. Akron
USSAkron1 by Jim Harley, on Flickr

[Scott Rose]

neat

[RyanShort1]

That's pretty cool. I'd like to do a project like that somewhere someday.

[Noha307]

Thought everyone might enjoy this old film that Periscope Film uploaded about "The Story of the Goodyear Aircraft Company" that shows the construction and operations at Akron: