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Oak Ridge Historic District (also known as Clinton Engineer Works Townsite) is a historic district in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Roughly bounded by East Drive, Outer and West Outer Drives, Louisiana Avenue, and Tennessee Avenue, the district comprises much of Oak Ridge's original Manhattan ...
Manhattan Project National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park commemorating the Manhattan Project that is run jointly by the National Park Service and Department of Energy. The park consists of three units: one in Oak Ridge, Tennessee , one in Los Alamos, New Mexico and one in Hanford, Washington .
The Alexander Inn, originally known as The Guest House and now the Alexander Guest House, is a historic building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that was built during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors and that later was used as a hotel. It is included on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in a historic ...
Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
The uranium was bought from Edgar Sengier in the Belgian Congo. The price was $1.60 a pound.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... K-25, a former uranium enrichment facility of the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, ...
Col. Kenneth D. Nichols, district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District, at the Oak Ridge Administration Office at the Federal Building, known as "The Castle On The Hill."
The George Jones Memorial Baptist Church, also known as the "Wheat Church," is a historic church building at the former site of the community of Wheat in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the only structure remaining from Wheat, a rural Roane County community that was dissolved in 1942 when the United States government ...