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Concord-Robert in Saint Paul in Ramsey County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Riverside Hangars

WWII Bomber Modification Center

— 1942 —

 
 
Riverside Hangars Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by McGhiever, August 15, 2023
1. Riverside Hangars Marker
Inscription.

Significant engineering example of glued-laminated wood arch construction

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceArchitectureWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.
 
Location. 44° 56.463′ N, 93° 3.533′ W. Marker is in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Ramsey County. It is in Concord-Robert. It is on Bayfield Street east of Plato Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. The marker is mounted on the floodwall support across the street from the east end of the Riverside Hangars. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 690 Bayfield Street, Saint Paul MN 55107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Saint Paul Downtown Airport Seaplane Harbor (approx. Ό mile away); Northwest Airways Hangar Passenger Terminal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Saint Paul Downtown Airport (approx. 0.3 miles away); Indian Mounds Park "Airway Beacon" (approx. 0.3 miles away); Geology of Minnesota (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named The Indian Mounds Park "Airway" Beacon
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); This is a Burial Place (approx. 0.4 miles away); Charles W. Holman (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saint Paul.
 
Also see . . .  Riverside Hangars on Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 4, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.)
 
Riverside Hangars Marker (left) on a Mississippi River floodwall support image. Click for full size.
Photographed by McGhiever, August 15, 2023
2. Riverside Hangars Marker (left) on a Mississippi River floodwall support
The east end of the Riverside Hangars opposite this marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by McGhiever
3. The east end of the Riverside Hangars opposite this marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 340 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 4, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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