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For those of you who don't care, this is an abstract composition derived from the inside of a wooden building.
For those of you who are still interested:
I don't generally show three in a row of the same thing, but there are a few of you who seem quite taken with the construction and the details of Hangar B at Tillamook, so here's the last one.
This is the ceiling of the hangar that houses the Tillamook Air Museum. It clearly shows the truss system they used in order to create those huge arches.
The building is 1072 feet long, and there are 51 ribs (or arches), so that means there's about 20 feet between each of those ribs. That means the horizontal stabilizer beams you're seeing there are a little over 20 feet in length. !!! Been to a lumber yard lately? LOL!
The wood they used to build this building came from the surrounding area. Oregon Douglas Fir was used as the primary construction material. Concrete supports for the arches, metal bolts and plates to hold it all together, and 2-1/2 million board feet of wood ... and it's still standing strong nearly 70 years later.
Not bad for a temporary structure!
I think Bill's collection of images is just about ready to go, and that will provide yet more information. This place really IS photo worthy, for those of you who are close enough to go see it. Admission is about $8.00, and if you care, there are a bunch of planes inside! :P
I'll put a link to Bill's post once he's done and has it up.
Ahhh ... here it is: Blimp Hangar
Comments (27)
durleybeachbum
It is a truly astoung structure! What a glorious piece of architecture! Your pic is amazingly detailed and yet still a work of art..how do you DO that every time?
jophoto
Unbelievable structure! Can't wait to see Bill's collection as well.
jocko500
I care and if I was in the area I go. $8.00 is a good deal to go see this place. i like the wood and the way it put together. make me think of how they know how to do stuff like this?
MrsRatbag
A wonderful feat of engineering, and beautiful to boot!
awjay
beautiful abstract section
Blush
A wonderful image Awesome capture From now on I can view your images:) Hugs Susan~
Faemike55
Very wonderful capture, Tara.
bazza
Great engineering marvel for sure.. nice shot of the trusses..
CoreyBlack
Nice! Love the detailing, and sheer massive airiness of it all. Almost produces a feeling of mild vertigo. I bet the wood smells good. Well, after 70 years, it probably doesn't have much smell left, but I digress. Anyway, great shot in a fascinating series, and I DO care about the history here. Great stuff!
bobrgallegos
This is awesome!! Love the design and angles to this beautiful old wood.
RodS
Fantastic photo, Tara! Sorry for the short comments - many problems here. Phone service out, internet access spotty at best. Hopefully will be fixed Sunday.
hipps13
Well I like staring at it to see what feels warm hugs, Linda Kaye
jayfar
Thank you Tara, now I can see it in all its glory and I am not disappointed. Brilliant shot.
helanker
Unbelievable that they can create a huge hall with that construction and even made of wood. That is indeed amazing.... and you got a beautiful abstract out of it. Wonnderful depth in this.
fallen21 Online Now!
Awesome photo!
Meisiekind
Fascinating Tara! A wonderful abstract with great light!
Rainastorm
VERY neat to see...this reminds me of some shots I took...had to get a close up of the entire building and so on, just to many cool lines and details we'd miss without it. Nice one Tara! :-)
debbielove
Yes! I love this.. And not just because of the Aviation theme!!!!! ;-) I would very likely have snapped off the very same shot ..... or eight! Rob
jendellas
An awful lot of work went into this building!!!
Katraz
That's an awful lot of wood It would keep my friends wood burner going for a few weeks.
wysiwig
A wonderful tribute to an engineering marvel. And still standing after seventy years. Fantastic capture.
Chipka
This is a true marvel and it causes my mind to go off in all sorts of interesting directions, including the direction of a time I spent wandering around Cesky Krumlov, picking the King's Apples and making apple butter with a Brazillian guy who found northern hemisphere winters to be intolerably cold. I bring this up because I lived in a really amazing hostel at the time; it was the gate-house of the town and the town itself dates back to Midieval times. As a result the town had need of a gate, and thus, gate-houses...just beyond the gate, across a narrow river feeding into the Vltava, the executioner's house stood. By some Medieval law in the Czech Lands, an executioner had to live outside of the town proper. Anyway, this is about the gate house (now a hostel.) It is an architectural marvel. There are no nails anywhere in the place (unless they're holding pictures on walls.) The weight of the structure is what holds it together, and everything: the wood and the stone is fitted perfectly together in tongue-and-groove fashion, so it's the weight of the building and neat tongues and grooves. Anyway, this shot reminds me of all of that because this is an architectural marvel and I'll bet its likely to stand proudly for quite a long time yet...funny how temporary structures tend to outlast many so-called permanent structures, and wouldn't it be amazingly cool to still see this place standing, and being a museum way, way, way, way off in the future!? And now that I've written so long a comment about only tangentially-related stuff, I will say that this is a marvel of photography: an excellent abstract AND realistic illustration! Wonderful. And I love the warm colors, the shadowy quality of some of the spaces, the lines, the lines, and the vague sensation that this could, conceivably, have been woven by a giant, wooden spider. Marvelous! Superb! Yeah. I like this immensely!
gonzojr
Another fantastic photo, Very well done!
lyron
Nice picture!!
moochagoo
Excellent POV with that structure !
junge1
Great capture and fantastic information. If I remember right the biggest Sequoia (not as larger as the redwoods but bigger in volume) has about 2 million board feet. I may have my facts wrong but something for you to check Tara if you care to.
beachzz
A true marvel of construction--back in the day when all they had were slide rules and hammers--wow!!