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The Manhattan Project National Historic Park
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1. Introduction Established as a national Historic Park on November 10, 2015 Primarily managed by the Department of Energy and National Park Services
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Primary Locations Oak Ridge, Tennessee Los Alamos, New Mexico
Hanford, Washington State
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The Oak Ridge Site Administrative and military headquarters for the Manhattan project. Three parallel processes for uranium enrichment and experimental plutonium production. Which includes X-10 graphite reactor Buildings 9731 and at the Y-12 Complex K-25 building site
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Map of Oak ridge site
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K-12 building site Oakridge pictures
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X-10 Graphite Reactor Workers in the Graphite Reactor use a rod to push fresh uranium slugs into the reactor's concrete loading face
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The Los Alamos Site Design and build atomic Bomb
There are three different areas at the Los Alamos Site Gun Site V-Site Facilities Pajarito Site
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Map of Los Alamos Site
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Aerial Image of the Gun Site
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Los Alamos Site Picture
Los Alamos: The city was built for the purpose of the nuclear bomb. If the proposal is signed into law, the parks would be limited to areas involved in the Manhattan Project that created the first nuclear weapons Read more: Follow on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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Los Alamos
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Little boy bomb and explosion
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The Hanford, WA Site B-Reactor National Historic landmark
Hanford High School and Hanford Construction Camp Historic District Bruggermann’s agriculture Warehouse Complex White Bluffs Bank and Hanford Irrigation District Pump House
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Map of the area at Hanford site
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The B-Reactor
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2. The Historical context of the site
What is the Manhattan Project Was started in 1942 fear that Nazi Germany would build and use nuclear weapons during world war II
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3. Historical Importance
The Manhattan Project’s importance with WWII The Manhattan Project’s Importance with Future Technology
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4. Economically important
People employed Cost
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5. Why you should care about this park
Helped end WWII It is part of this countries history It employed many people. Brought the world into the nuclear area.
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Sources https://www.nps.gov/mapr/manhattan-project-los-alamos.htm
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