The City Of The Atomic Bomb

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Stock #: 115547
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Oak Ridge
State: Tennessee (TN)
County: Roane,Anderson
Publisher: Werner News Agency
Postmark: 1948 Sep-14
PM City: Oak Ridge
PM State: Tenn
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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One of the process Plants at Clinton Engineer Works Oak ridge, Tenn. Located 18 miles west of Knoxville, grew from nothing to the fifth largest city in Tennessee during World War II with a population of nearly 75,000. Now, one of America's historic cities, it will ever remain associated with the greatest secret project of World War II. The Clinton Engineer Works, of which Oak Ridge is a part, covers a huge Government Reservation of 59,000 acres. The plants where raw material is separated by different methods, include more than 425 buildings.

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