[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION: Moffett Field (CA) Hangar One artifacts and structure

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Plans to destroy Hangar One relics may be unnecessary
Navy rethinks plans to trash lights, walls and buildings inside historic 
structure

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
July 15, 2010

As a Navy contractor mobilizes to deconstruct much of Moffett Field's 
landmark Hangar One to remove contaminants, preservationists and NASA 
Ames employees questioned the necessity and cost effectiveness of 
removing several historically valuable interior structures last week.

In its attempts to remove the hangar's toxic siding and lead paint, 
preservationists say the Navy is removing much of the historic value of 
the best-preserved 1930s airship hangar in the world.

One by one, the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board last Thursday 
discussed preserving as many artifacts and structures as possible. That 
included hundreds of explosion-proof light fixtures from the 1930s. The 
Navy is planning to dispose of the lights because of their asbestos 
gaskets, but told the RAB that the lights could be re-used without the 
gaskets.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=3118&e=y

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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