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Location DB > United States > Maryland > Riverdale > ERCO Factory  Name ERCO Factory  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by Louie on 5/28/2005 5:49 PM last modified by Trackrunner on 6/1/2014 12:57 AM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description  Basic Information Type: Building Status: Demolished Accessibility: Moderate Recommendation: forget it  Physical Information Address Riverdale, Maryland United States Owner: University of Maryland See a map of this location  Hazards rust  Interesting Features Historical significance. ERCO's only production plant. Abandonments inside the beltway are quite the rarity.  Security Measures fences barbed wire locked gates UMD staff/trucks  Historical Dates Built: 1937 Closed: 0  Required Equipment flashlight  Recommended Equipment gloves  History The Engineering and Research Corporation factory in Riverdale opened its doors in 1937 and, under the funding of Henry Berliner, produced the Erco Ercoupe aircraft during World War II. The Ercoupe was an easy to fly, single engine, twin passenger aircraft that was deemed by the Civil Aeronautics Administaration as "characteristically incapable of spinning." The world's first jet-assisted takeoff was performed using an Ercoupe. The aircraft were thouroughly tested at the adjacent ERCO Field, which was located just south of where College Park Airport is today. By 1947 Berliner moved out of the aircraft industry. He sold the Riverdale property and the ERCO name, as well as the Ercoupe design, to Sanders Aviation. Sanders Aviation continued to produce the Ercoupe for five more years. While Ercroupe production at ERCO ceased in 1952, other companies continued to use the Ercoupe design untill the 1970's. All in all, five thousand Ercoupes were produced by ERCO. In 1954, ACF Industries Inc. purchased the property and began to produce analog flight simulators and devolping OTH radar. In 1957, ACF merged the plant with their Nuclear Energy Products Division, thus creating the ACF Nuclear Products, ERCO division. By 1960 the adjacent airfield was listed as abandoned on aeronautical charts. In 1965, the property was purchased and occupied by General Precision Equipment, who quickly moved to Silver Spring in 1967. According to "Maryland Aloft", in 1985 ACF Industries was still the owner of the former ERCO facility, but the factory was used by several federal agencies including the NOAA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Between 1989 and 2001 the ERCO Field was redeveloped, turning the overgrown airstrip into an office park. Most, if not all of that information came from http://www.airfiel..._MD_PG_C.html#erco  Media Coverage  Future Plans Has been demolished.  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries Closed, Will Return In: Tue, Dec 27th, 2005 posted by Louie 14 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links http://www.airfiel..._MD_PG_C.html#erco http://www.pgparks...ic/cpam/3erco.html  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. Category Rating Photography 7 / 10 Coolness 8 / 10 Content Quality 6 / 10  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Steed on 6/3/2014 12:13 AM.  Latest Changes on Jun 3 14 at 0:13, Steed validated this location on Jun 1 14 at 0:57, Trackrunner changed the following: Recommendation on Jun 1 14 at 0:55, Trackrunner changed the following: Status, Future Plans on Nov 3 08 at 3:45, Opheliaism validated this location on Jul 31 08 at 3:57, Steed conditionally validated this location on Oct 22 06 at 5:21, morgansteph changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Prefer Satellite on Dec 28 05 at 2:23, Louie changed the following: Interesting Features on Dec 27 05 at 20:57, Louie made this location available on Dec 27 05 at 20:56, Louie updated gallery picture 3(4).jpg on Dec 27 05 at 20:56, Louie updated gallery picture 4.jpg  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? 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