Ezekiel Airship - Bible First in Powered Flight
Pittsburg, Texas
In 1902, inspired Baptist preacher-inventor Burrell Cannon built an airship based on a description in the Biblical Book of Ezekiel. The craft was said to have flown briefly here, beating the Wright Brothers by a year. It was destroyed in rail accident on its way to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. There's a historical marker at the original Pittsburg Foundry site, on Fulton St., and a full-sized replica displayed at the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Depot & Museum.
Ezekiel Airship - Bible First in Powered Flight
- Address:
- Fulton St, Pittsburg, TX [Show Map]
- Directions:
- On Fulton Street at S. Market, by the railroad tracks.
- Phone:
- 903-856-0463
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Full-size Replica Ezekiel Airship, Pittsburg, TX - < 1 mi.
- Giant Bo Pilgrim Head, Pittsburg, TX - 5 mi.
- World's Richest Acre, Kilgore, TX - 42 mi.
- Grave of Shorty the Squirrel, Tyler, TX - 48 mi.
