Marion in Marion County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
1. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Marker
This display is a single Crawler Tread shoe that was used on the enormous NASA Crawler-Transporters. These transporters were used to move the Apollo spacecraft, Skylab space station, and other space shuttles to the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's Crawler-Transporter, desighned (sic) and built by Marion Power Shovel, were the two most massive vehicles were made. One of the Crawler's unique features was the giant tracks or treads that propelled the vehicle along. There were eight treads, two per corner, with each track containing 57 shoes. Each shoe was 7.5 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and weighed 12,100 pounds.
The complete crawler weighed 16 million pounds and
could carry a load of 6,000 tons.
When a rocket was loaded onto the Crawler, it was
mounted vertically on the launch assembly and transportation by the Crawler
to the launchpad.
Erected by Brookpark, Ohio NASA facility.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.
Location. 40° 36.25′ N, 83° 7.4′ W. Marker is in Marion, Ohio, in Marion
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Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Scioto Valley and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Marion Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Cummin's Home (approx. one mile away); War Memorials (approx. 1.1 miles away); Norman Mattoon Thomas (approx. 1.1 miles away); Marion County Courthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Marion County Revolutionary Soldiers Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Underground Railroad / The Marion County Trial of Bill Anderson
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
2. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
3. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
4. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
5. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 5, 2019
6. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter Tread Shoe Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 1, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,024 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 1, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
