Details for The Ezekiel Airship

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5063009794

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Marker Number 9794
Atlas Number 5063009794
Marker Title The Ezekiel Airship
Index Entry Ezekiel Airship
Address Fulton St.
City Pittsburg
County Camp
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 316023
UTM Northing 3652179
Subject Codes inventors and inventions; Baptist denomination; religious leaders; aviation
Marker Year 1976
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Fulton at S. Market streets, near railroad tracks
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text 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. (1976)

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