HUGE AIRPORT FOR NEW YORK
BUILT ON REFUSE DUMP By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright Received Monday, 10.30 p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Mayor La Guardia dedicated 558 acres on North Beach, Long Island, six 'miles from the centre of New York as a municipal airport. It is built on a refuse dump and cost between 40,000,000 and '45,000,000 dollars. The airport includes a marine base, a land plane base, four runways (the longest 6000 feet), a control tower and a beacon of 13,500 candle power.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 October 1939, Page 7
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84HUGE AIRPORT FOR NEW YORK Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 October 1939, Page 7
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