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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RAC65 RRA Tower]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This photograph shows the control tower at Roanoke Regional Airport that wsa commissioned in 2004.  The large hangar at left was built bby Piedmont Airlines in the 1960s, and the emergency services facility (foreground) was placed into service in April 2013.  The tower is 197 feet tall and provides air traffic controllers an unobstructed view of the entire airport.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Courtesy of Mike Ewen]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAC65 ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/RAC73%20">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RAC73 Control Tower]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The first freestanding control tower at Woodrum Field, completed in 1943, is seen here.  The tower was critical to the airport&#039;s operations.  In 1943, due to the training of Army and Navy pilots at Woodrum Field, the total number of official operations (273,624) at the airport exceeds the totals for LaGuardia, Philadelphia and Washington National airports combined.  The control tower would operate for about a decade.  It was razed along with the Cannaday home in 1953 for a parking lot after the new terminal was built and dedicated.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Courtesy of Marshall Harris]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RAC73 ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/RVNH40453">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RVNH40453 Control Tower]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The first &quot;control tower&quot; at Woodrum Field, an 8-foot square shed built on top of the Cannaday home, could be accessed by going onto the roof.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[unknown]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[<span class="linkify-target">The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s </span>]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Roanoke Public Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1943]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Wes Hillman]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Digital Image]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RVNH40453]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RVNH40454 Cannaday House]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Cannaday home with the control tower on top.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[unknown]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[<span class="linkify-target">The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s </span>]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Roanoke Public Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[February 1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Wes Hillman]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Digital Image]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RVNH40454]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[RVNH40459 Woodrum Field]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Woodrum Field with the Cannaday home and control tower.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[unknown]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[<span class="linkify-target">The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s </span>]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Roanoke Public Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Wes Hillman]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Digital Image]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[RVNH40459]]></dcterms:identifier>
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