- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- War Department Telegram
- Creator:
- United States. War Dept.
- Date of Original:
- 1941-06-16
- Subject:
- Telegraph--Washington (D.C.)
United States. War Dept.
Robins Air Force Base (Ga.)
United States. Air Force
Western Union Telegraph Company
Building--Georgia
Building sites--Planning
Runways (Aeronautics)--Georgia
Macon Chamber of Commerce (Macon, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324 - Medium:
- telegrams
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This telegram to the Macon Chamber of Commerce, dated June 16, 1941, announces that the U.S. War Department has chosen Wellston (later Warner Robins), Georgia, as the site for a new air corps depot.
Image of a Western Union telegram to the Macon Chamber of Commerce, dated June 16, 1941, announcing that the U.S. War Department has chosen Wellston (later Warner Robins), Georgia, as the site for a new air corps depot. The telegram states that the construction will cost fourteen million dollars. It notes that three runways measuring five thousand feet each will be built, and 2500 civilians will be employed at the base, as well as 350 officers and enlisted men. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/warner-robins/m-7367/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of William P. Head
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/warner-robins
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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