Los Angeles International Airport

by Ethel Pattison, Lee Nichols, William A. Schoneberger, et al.

Book Overview

Growth on the flatlands along the western extents of Imperial Highway in the 1920s was once measured in beans, barley, and jackrabbits. After 2000, the site that became Los Angeles International Airport would be measured by the more than 60 million passengers and nearly two million tons of cargo passing through it each year. One of the world's busiest airports grew out of Mines Field and expanded quickly in the 1930s with the exploits of Charles Lindbergh...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738555827
• ISBN13: 9780738555829
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"