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Plate 8: Coastal shed with wind break under construction. Plate 9: Coastal shed with wind break and petrol installation under construction 25-05-17 10
4.2 Shed No.1 A Findlay & Co. Ltd was awarded a contract in 1916 to design and build the No.1 shed at Howden. The two sheds to house non-rigid coastal class airships had already been completed when construction started. The new shed had a 150ft clear span, 100ft clear height and a length of 700ft. Roof girders were spaced at 25ft centres which were carried on 98ft high braced ‘A’-frame trestles forming 28-bays. For stability wall trestles were joined by six longitudinal girders. Internal annexes were accommodated within the ‘A’-frame trestles, these being 35ft wide and ran the whole length of the shed. Howden No.1 was completed in December 1916. The shed had been erected by two steam derrick cranes placed on staging made out of the permanent doors, and the roof girders were then lifted in one piece. It was constructed for a new class of rigid airship known as Class 23. Plate 10: Half cross-section of Rigid Shed 11
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