National Historic Landmark · wind tunnel · Hampton (Independent City), Virginia

Full Scale Tunnel

United States historic place in Hampton (Independent City), Virginia. Built 1929. Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.

Has a visitor websiteNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1929Listed 1985
30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel - GPN-2000-001726Aerial view looking northwest at the full-scale wind tunnel 1989 L89-07075Casserole d'hélice, Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASACave-of-the-winds NASA L-73-7547
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Full-Scale Wind Tunnel

The Full-Scale Tunnel was a wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center. It was a National Historic Landmark.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressLangley Research Center, Hampton (Independent City), VA
CountyHampton County
ListedOct 3, 1985
Reference number85002796
Built1929
Type of placewind tunnel
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressLangley Research Center, Hampton (Independent City), VA
Websitelfst.com ↗
Coordinates37.08298, -76.34142 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Monroe National Monument · 5 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85002796. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.