Riverside Hangar

Infobox_nrhp | name =Riverside Hangar
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caption = Riverside Hangars in the foreground
location=690 Bayfield Street Saint Paul, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 30
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 43
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1942
architect= Unit Structures & Rilco, Inc.
architecture= similar to Quonset hut
added = December 27, 2007
governing_body = Local
refnum=07001315cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Riverside Hangars are semi-cylindrical-shaped hangers for aircraft installed at Saint Paul Downtown Airport in 1942, immediately adjacent to the Mississippi River. Their important design features are their low-cost and that they were erectable quickly by unskilled workers. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, during World War II, Northwest Airlines employed up to 5000 people at the site, modifying new B-24 Liberator bombers, some of which received the highly classified H2X radar, which proved to be an invaluable tool in the European theater. [cite web| last = Kenney| first = Dave| title = Minnesota Goes to War - The Home front During World War II| publisher = Minnesota Historical Society Press| date = 2004| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXRFrTV1jgMC&dq=holman+field+administration| accessdate =2008-01-30] Due to frequent flooding, proposals have been introduced to build a flood wall on the riverbank, but opposition and cost have thus far squelched the plans.

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