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Walter Calvin Moore Collection
| This collection of Oak Ridge photos is reproduced here from a publication of the Delmar Company in Knoxville, TN titled "Oak Ridge - the City That Changes the World". This booklet was provided to us by Walter C. (Calvin) Moore, and engineer at Oak Ridge. The photos are courtesy of Ed Westcott, official photographer of Oak Ridge; Frank Hoffman of the U. S. Energy Research & Development Admin.; and Bill Stoess. |
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| Guard Tower at Oak Ridge - 1945 | Residents Were Constantly Reminded Not to Discuss Their Work | Although Technically Not a Military Base, the Military Were Clearly in Control | Manned Military Vehicles Routinely Stopped & Checked Vehicles | Construction Begins on 'The Castle', the HQ of the Manhattan Engineer District - 11/22/42 |
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| While Many Food Items Were Scarce, Fresh Garden Produce Was Plentiful | Construction Workers Lived a Very Rudimentary Existence in Wooden 'Hutments' | Facilities for Dry Cleaning & Laundry Were Overwhelmed | Construction Workers & Their Families Were Not Afforded Many Luxuries in the Gamble Area Near the Y-12 Plant | Housing Area Near Happy Valley |
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| Standing in Long Lines Became Second Nature to Oak Ridgers | 'Cemesto' Housing Units Were Turned Over to the Government at the Rate of One Every 30 Minutes | Temporary Housing Was the Answer for Many Newly Arriving Families as Rows of 5,000 Trailers Covered the Area | The Local Guest House Served as a Rest Stop for Many of the World's Leading Scientists & Engineers | To Save Time, Hundreds of Prefabricated Housing Units Were Delivered by Truck |
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| 29 Different Church Groups Held Services in the 'Chapel-on-the-Hill' | For All It's Newness, The Communities Took on a Stark, Barren Look | Laying the Foundations for a City of 75,000 | Construction Workers Became Accustomed to Working in Deep Mud and Choking Dust During Dry Periods |
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| Work on the Graphite Reactor at the X-10 Area Began in February 1942; Operations Began in November 1943 | Barracks, Hutments, Water Towers, Railroads & Massive Amounts of Electricity - All Prerequisites to Construction of the K-25 Plant | There Was No Way to Build a Small Pilot Plant to Test the Electromagnetic Process and Construction of the Full-Scale Y-12 Plant Went Forward | The Thousands of Young Women Employed at Oak Ridge Exemplified the War Effort on the Home Front | The Often Boring, But Critical, Tasks of Monitoring the Complex Instruments of the Y-12 Plant Were Performed by Thousands of Young Women. |
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