Goodyear Airdock
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The Goodyear Airdock is a massive airship hangar in Akron, Ohio, built in the early 1930s to house and construct giant rigid airships for the U.S. Navy and Goodyear.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goodyear Airdock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9299205 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goodyear Airdock Context triple: [USS Macon (ZRS-5), constructionSite, Goodyear Airdock]
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A.
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
The Akron Goodyear Wingfoots were an early American industrial-league basketball team sponsored by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that became one of the most successful and influential clubs in the formative years of professional basketball.
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B.
Gleason Works
Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
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C.
Foymount
Foymount is a small rural community in eastern Ontario, Canada, known historically for its former military radar station and its location on one of the highest populated elevations in the province.
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D.
The Hangar
The Hangar is a minor league baseball stadium in Lancaster, California, best known as the home field of the Lancaster JetHawks.
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E.
Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Blimp is an iconic fleet of airships used primarily for aerial advertising and live television coverage of major sporting and entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goodyear Airdock Target entity description: The Goodyear Airdock is a massive airship hangar in Akron, Ohio, built in the early 1930s to house and construct giant rigid airships for the U.S. Navy and Goodyear.
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A.
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
The Akron Goodyear Wingfoots were an early American industrial-league basketball team sponsored by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that became one of the most successful and influential clubs in the formative years of professional basketball.
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B.
Gleason Works
Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
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C.
Foymount
Foymount is a small rural community in eastern Ontario, Canada, known historically for its former military radar station and its location on one of the highest populated elevations in the province.
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D.
The Hangar
The Hangar is a minor league baseball stadium in Lancaster, California, best known as the home field of the Lancaster JetHawks.
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E.
Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Blimp is an iconic fleet of airships used primarily for aerial advertising and live television coverage of major sporting and entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airship hangar
ⓘ
industrial building ⓘ |
| architect |
Karl Arnstein
ⓘ
T. Roy Jones ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
ⓘ
United States Navy airships ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy airship program
|
| builtFor |
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| category |
airship hangars
ⓘ
industrial buildings in Ohio ⓘ transport infrastructure in Akron, Ohio ⓘ |
| city | Akron ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
sheet metal cladding
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 41.0375°N 81.4667°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedBy | Goodyear-Zeppelin engineering staff ⓘ |
| designedFor |
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
ⓘ
USS Macon (ZRS-5) ⓘ |
| doorType | massive vertical lift doors ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
airship assembly
ⓘ
airship maintenance ⓘ |
| height | approximately 211 feet ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Goodyear airship development
ⓘ
U.S. Navy airship program ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy airship program
|
| length | approximately 1,175 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Summit County, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Summit County
|
| location |
Akron, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Akron
|
| notableFeature | one of the largest buildings without interior supports at time of construction ⓘ |
| notableFor | large clear-span interior ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 73001538 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| operator | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ⓘ |
| owner | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ⓘ |
| roofSpan | over 1,000 feet ⓘ |
| roofType | arched steel-frame ⓘ |
| significance | early 20th-century engineering landmark ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| usedFor |
construction of rigid airships
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housing of rigid airships ⓘ |
| width | approximately 325 feet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Goodyear Airdock Description of subject: The Goodyear Airdock is a massive airship hangar in Akron, Ohio, built in the early 1930s to house and construct giant rigid airships for the U.S. Navy and Goodyear.
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