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1932
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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 12, 1932 Qirport Hews im *ff Ff ||l ipri, | The Shushetn Airport Aw Ambitious Scheme for New Orleans By E. ALLEN RICE (Concluded from page 116.) New Type of Administration Building /'-j|r-'HE approach to the main entrance of the Adminis- Ojf tration building is through large arched doors JIL of panelled Apitong wood. The doors lead into a spacious waiting room, two storeys high, with iron balconies extending the full length of the room on either side. For the needs and comforts of the passengers there has been designed a large attractive dining room, with lunch counter, spacious lounging rooms, drug store, barber shop, and cleaning establishment. The actual work of operating the port has been mitigated by the centralisa tion of all offices pertaining to the management. Out going and incoming customs offices and passport office are in one group, ticket office, foreign exchange office, and passenger agent in another ; in close proximity, the Manager's office, telephone, telegraph and radio room. A sub-post office is located at the end of the east wing, with entrances from the waiting room and the field. The second floor is devoted to offices and quarters for various organisations. A new feature in connection with the pilots' quarters is a library and large recreation room. On this floor is also located the Department of Commerce suite. Glass Control Room On the third floor of the control tower, consisting of one room, are the batteries, panel boards, and other equip ment necessary to operate the radio system, public address system, and mechanism for the control of field and traffic lights. On the fourth floor is the control room, com pletely enclosed in glass, affording unlimited visibility in all directions. Here are the remote controls for beacons, field lights, traffic signals, radio telephone, and master teletype equipment. On the top of this control tower is the latest approved type of airport beacon. Maintenance and Emergency Building Adjacent to the Administration building, facing the field, is the Maintenance and Emergency building. This includes a modernly-equipped hospital. In connection with the hospital is the ambulance garage. The emergency fire- fighting equipment is also quartered in this building. In the rear of the building is storage space for all port main tenance equipment, such as stock rooms, tractors, ploughs and motor-cycles. Ample space has been provided in this building for any developments that may take place in the future expansion of the port. Concrete Piles Support Hangars The two hangars being built in the initial development are of the very latest and modern design. Each hangar is 120 ft. x 200 ft., supported on concrete piles driven into the ground, upon which is placed reinforced concrete foundations supporting 1he structural steel. The trusses are of cantilever type, providing an unobstructed open ing 25 ft. 10 in. high for the full length of the building. This type of construction is approved by the Board of Fire Underwriters for low rate of fire insurance. The floors and walls are of masonry ; the exterior sash are of steel. Cantilever-type steel doors, mechanically operated, swing out over the court, providing an additional THE SHUSHAN AIRPORT: The illustration on the top of this page depicts the fron^o* ~Z*_?~j*J*±Z Administration Building, showing the Spanish Renaissance architecture reminiscent of Old New Orleans, lne lower picture is of the aerodrome facade of the same building. 137
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