Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 61, Torque Stands Oil Storage Building, Seventh Street behind Building 70, Dayton

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Buildings 61 and 61A (See HAER No. 0H-79-AS) were built during the early stages of Wright Field's World War II expansion. Together they functioned as support buildings for research being conducted in conjunction with the Torque Stands. Project History: This report is part of the overall Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Area B documentation project conducted by HAER See overview report, HAER No. OH-7 9, for a complete description of the project. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, AREA B, BUILDING 61, TORQUE STANDS' OIL STORAGE BUILDING HAER No. 0H-79-AR (Page 2)

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Buildings 61 and 61A are very similar square, one- story, brick buildings with low-pitched, hipped, asphalt-shingled roofs with slight overhangs, wide entablatures and tin gutters. The fronts of both buildings have nine-pane steel-sashed windows and large double doors (steel on Building 61 and wood on Building 61A) . Both have concrete foundations and surrounds- The back of Building 61A has a short, narrow ramp that leads down to the basement. HISTORY: Buildings 61 and 61A were built in Building 61 as an oil storage building for the Torque Stands, and Building 61A as a fuel pumping facility for the Torque Stands. In they were both used as Reproduction Plant and Propulsion Research Test Buildings. In they were used for laboratory material testing. Neither building is currently in use.

For bibliography, see Wright-Patterson Air Force Base overview report (HAER No. OH-79).