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The Ezekiel Airship |
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Pittsburg,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 59' 34.38769999992",
-94° 58' 8.53907000016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Baptist minister and inventor Burrell Cannon (1848-1922) led some Pittsburg investors to establish the Ezekiel Airship Company and build a craft described in the Biblical book of Ezekiel. The ship had large, fabric-covered wings powered by an engine that turned four sets of paddles. It was built in a nearby machine shop and was briefly airborne at this site late in 1902, a year before the Wright brothers first flew. Enroute to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the airship was destroyed by a storm. In 1913 a second model crashed, and the Rev. Cannon gave up the project.
This page last updated: 9/18/2009 15:52:53 |
The Ezekiel Airship Historical Marker Location Map, Pittsburg, Texas
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