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This is the rare four-engined configuration of the Curtiss NC-2 four-engined configuration. Two engines in each pod, with one as a tractor and the other as a pusher. Separate radiators, which are clearly visible. There is between the engine pods a construction for the crew, probably the technicians to service the engines in flight. As the NC-2 was later reconfigured to the four engined version with one two-engine pod (tractor and pusher) in the middle and two engine pods with one engine (tractor). Curtiss was heavy experimenting with engine configuration on this big flying boat, the NC-1 started as the trimotor configuration with all engines as tractors ! Rare picture.

It's very possible that this is a photo of Naval Air Station - Rockaway, in Queens, NY. It is identifiable by the building at the top of the photo, in the background, which appears to be US Lifesaving Station Rockaway, which was located just west of the air station, in Fort Tilden. Best guess on the date is sometime in 1917, soon after the air station was established.

This and the photo below, among this latest group of LOC Bain photos to be posted, is a photo of a US Navy C-Class blimp. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_blimp For comparison purposes, see also this newsreel footage of C-Class blimps posted on YouTube by CriticalPast: YouTube - Critical Past: "U.S. Navy C-class airships at Fort Tilden, New York HD Stock Footage"

Looks like Rockaway is correct, see comment under

Art Siegel Excellent! Here's additional footage of a C-Class blimp taking off from the airship hangar at Fort Tilden (adjacent to NAS Rockaway) for a flight over Manhattan. The building in the photo on the left side of the frame is captured at approximately the 48-second mark of this film. YouTube - CrticalPast: "Manhattan, NY, viewed from U.S. Navy C-class Airship HD Stock Footage"