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Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Shenandoah Plaza

 
 
Shenandoah Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 26, 2017
1. Shenandoah Plaza Marker
Inscription.
Shenandoah Plaza
In Memory of the Fourteen Officers and men
USS Shenandoah
Lost September 3, 1925

Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
through the great spaces in the sky.
Be with them always in the air,
in darkening storms or sunlight fair.
Oh hear us when we lift our prayer
for those in peril in the air.

Plaque Donated by Santa Clara Valley Council Navy League

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical date for this entry is September 3, 1925.
 
Location. 37° 24.659′ N, 122° 3.599′ W. Marker is in Mountain View, California, in Santa Clara County. Marker is at the intersection of Bushnell Road and N. Akron Road, on the right when traveling east on Bushnell Road. Located in NASA Ames Research Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mountain View CA 94043, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Site of the John W. Whisman Home (approx. 0.2 miles away); NASA Ames Research Center (approx. ¼ mile away); The NASA U-2 Story (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Floating Gate EEPROM (approx. one mile away); Shakey: The World's First Mobile Intelligent Robot (approx. one mile away); Computer History Museum
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(approx. one mile away); Online Systems and Personal Computing (approx. one mile away); Birthplace of Silicon Valley (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.
 
Regarding Shenandoah Plaza. In 1994 the Shenandoah Plaza National Historic District, including Hangar One, was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places.
 
Also see . . .  USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) on Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 27, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Shenandoah Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 26, 2017
2. Shenandoah Plaza Marker
The structure in the background is “Hangar One”. Built in 1933, it housed the USS Macon, an airship similar to the USS Shenandoah. Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures. The exterior panels were removed in 2012.
Plaques by the Sundial next to the Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, April 26, 2017
3. Plaques by the Sundial next to the Marker
Presented by R. Adm. A. Farenholt M.C, U.S.N. November 21, 1933.
100 Year Anniversary Time Capsule placed 01 July 1994. To be opened on 12 April 2033.
Shenandoah Plaza Historic District image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Baker, September 22, 2021
4. Shenandoah Plaza Historic District
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 501 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 26, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.   4. submitted on October 9, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.

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