With the design of the house well underway, the next step was to pick the siding for the house. We were fortunate enough to work with a wood broker and secure 100+ year old-growth reclaimed redwood that was used under the galvanized steel sheathing on Hanger One at Moffett Field that will be used for siding for the house. Hanger One is currently undergoing renovation and will be reclad.
Just a bit of history, Hanger One at Moffett Field was completed in 1931 and is built on a network of steel girders sheathed in galvanized steel. The building’s footprint covers 8 acres without any internal columns, making it one of the world's largest freestanding structures. The structure was designed by Prague-born airship and structural engineer Dr. Karl Arnstein, who was also the chief designer of the U.S. Navy airships the USS Akron and the USS Macon. Hanger One was originally built to house the USS Macon, shown in the picture below.
The USS Macon was built by the U.S. Navy for air reconnaissance. It also served as a “flying aircraft carrier” with the capacity to carry five F9C Sparrowhawk biplanes. The planes were stored in bays inside the hull. The zeppelin was kept aloft by 12 helium-filled gas “balloons” or cells within the main hull. The airship was powered by eight German-made Maybach 12-cylninder 560 hp gasoline powered engines with propellers that could be rotated downwards or backwards to provide thrust vectoring.
The pictures below show the old-growth redwood that was reclaimed form Hanger One that we will be using as siding for the house.
Our wood as it is being loaded on the trucks for delivery to our storage facility.
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