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2 unusual facts about Norton Field


Norton Field

He found the field to be too small for TAT’s needs and recommended the city find a larger facility adjacent to the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Norton Field, located in an area southwest of present East Broad Street, Fairway Boulevard, and Hamilton Road in Whitehall, Ohio, just south of what is now Port Columbus International Airport, was dedicated on 30 June 1923, in a ceremony attended by top American ace and Columbus native Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.



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