LBNL Image Library -- Collection BERKELEY-LAB/ACCELERATORS/CALUTRONS

Image File: ORO_Y-12-36
Title: electromagnetic separation complex at Oak Ridge
Description: Construction of the huge electromagnetic complex began at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, under the direction of General Leslie R. Groves, commander of the "Manhattan Engineering District" (MED) set up in 1942 to implement the uranium project. Ground was broken on February 18, 1943. So urgent had the project become that no one stopped to build a pilot plant; the Laboratory had managed to make only a small test section of the great magnet proposed. Staff from Berkeley rushed to Oak Ridge to advise the contractor as construction proceeded. (The preceding information was excerpted from the text of the Fall 1981 issue of LBL Newsmagazine.) Photo courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation Caption: LBL News, Vol.6, No.3, Fall 1981 | The huge electromagnetic separation complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, became the heart of a bustling, closely-guarded community.
Site: Oak Ridge, Tennessee