Hindenburg Interior Layout

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Hindenburg interior layout. The interior furnishings of the hindenburg were designed by fritz august breuhaus whose design experience included pullman coaches ocean liners and warships of the german navy. It measured approximately 47 feet in length by 13 feet in width and was decorated with paintings on silk wallpaper by professor otto arpke depicting scenes from graf zeppelin s flights to south america. Hindenburg interior stock photos and images 80 narrow your search.

Passenger decks the passenger accommodation aboard hindenburg was contained within the hull of the airship unlike graf zeppelin whose passenger space was located in the ship s gondola. Luxury accommodations inside the hindenburg. Transport transportation aviation airship zeppelin lz 129 hindenburg interior view dining hall 1936 additional rights clearance info not available interieur luchtschip hindenburg interior of the lounge of airship.

It was forever captured in time in that horrific image taken from a film during which the commentator famously cries oh the humanity that day in 1937 35 passengers and one member of the grounds crew perished at lakehurst naval airstation. These decks spanned the width but not the length of the hindenburg. Hindenburg s dining room occupied the entire length of the port side of a deck.

The passenger areas inside the hindenburg were spread over two decks one directly above the other. Drawing courtesy of david fowler click to enlarge the much larger a deck contained promenades a dining room a lounge a writing room and 25 double berthed passenger cabins. The passenger space was spread over two decks known as a deck and b deck a deck on hindenburg.

The contemporary rise of pan american airlines didn t help either so now when we want to go to a. If you re a history buff or a rock and roll fan that owns led zeppelin i you ll know what the hindenburg air disaster looked like. The upper a deck contained small passenger quarters in the middle flanked by large public rooms.

The inside of the hindenburg surpassed all other airships in luxury. Passenger decks before 1936 1937 refit. Page 1 of 1.