The Wedell-Williams Airport Hangar
This file appears in: Construction of the Jefferson Airport
You are standing near the location of the Wedell-Williams Airport's main hangar, which you would have seen in the early 1930's. Maintenance as well as storage usually took place in this building.
Image Courtesy of the Wedell Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: Construction of the Jefferson Airport
Construction of the Jefferson Airport
As the Wedell-Williams Air Service expanded their air service, a new airport was under construction near Harahan in Jefferson Parish. Costing $63,000, the airport featured a 100 foot x 120 foot steel arch weld hangar with a concrete floor, complete…