Southbound I-77, Pleasant City, OH
N 39° 54.321 W 081° 31.701
17S E 454837 N 4417385
This rest area is located Southbound on I-77 near Pleasant City, OH.
Waymark Code: WMA8NE
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2010
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If you are tired or are a history buff, you can pull off the interstate and visit the "Wreck of Shenandoah" historical marker that is located here.
"Wreck of Shenandoah" historic marker:
"Wind increasing in volume. Get no chance to...."
These were the last words from the doomed Navy airship "Shenandoah," caught in a violent storm and crashing 7 miles southwest of this spot near Ava at dawn, September 3, 1925. Fourteen of its crew were killed. While souvenir hunters stripped the wreckage, a nation questioned the value of huge, rigid dirigibles, the last crashing in 1935. Smaller blimps replaced the dirigible as America's lighter-than-air sentinels of the sky.
Highway Number: I-77
Common Name for the Highway: I-77
Highway Access Direction: South
Facilities:
Picnic tables, pet rest areas, telephones, restrooms.
Services:
vending machines
Special Features:
"Wreck of the Shenandoah" Historic Marker
Rest Area Name: Not listed
WiFi: Not Listed
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