Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had become inadequate due to increased activity prior to the war.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N119

Survey number: HAER OH-79-F

Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

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