Preserving Manhattan Project historic sites
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Beginning in 1943, Project Y – the code name for Los Alamos during World War II – transformed the isolated Pajarito Plateau. The sounds of construction equipment replaced the voices of the Los Alamos Ranch School boys and local homesteaders. Construction crews hurriedly built many structures on mesa tops and in the canyons of Los Alamos. Countless concerns flooded Manhattan Project staff, but designing structures to withstand the test of time was not one of them. The top-secret race to develop an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany was on and everyone felt the pressure. Over the next 75 years, some of the structures slumped into disrepair from exposure to the harsh northern New Mexico environment - concrete cracking and spalling, wood frames rotting. That’s where Los Alamos National Laboratory’s historic preservation team enters the Manhattan Project story.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1699426
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--20-28864
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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