Manhattan Engineer District - USAEC

Manhattan Engineer District - USAEC (HM24FN)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Anderson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 0.82', W 84° 15.474'

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In 1943, General Leslie R. Groves, commander of the Manhattan Project, delegated to Colonel Kenneth D. Nichols the responsibility for administering what was to become a $2.2 billion effort. The Colonel had his headquarters here in a rambling, seven-wing frame-building where the Federal Building now stands that became known as "The Castle", and ran both the project here and most of the national effort. Throughout the war, technically trained soldiers on duty elsewhere were identified by the Army and reassigned to the Project. They made important contributions to the Project's success in Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos. This Special Engineer Detachment (SED) here included 1,257 men. Also serving here was a detachment of the Women's Army Corps (WACS). Shortly after the war, Colonel Nichols wrote that the Manhattan Project was an "accomplishment which will endure as a monument to the ingenuity, vision and determination of all those from scientists to laborers, who have had a part in the work...these people and their organizations deserve unlimited credit for the successful accomplishment of an almost impossibly vast and complicated task." In 1947, operations were transferred to civilian control with the creation of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). For the next three decades, the AEC superbly managed its national



defense mission and the application of nuclear science to medicine, agriculture, industry, and energy to the great benefit of mankind. The AEC was a predecessor agency of the U.S. Department of Energy - a cabinet level agency responsible for programs in national security, science and technology, energy security, and environmental management.

Erected in Honor of the Manhattan Project and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Personnel Who Lived and Worked in the Secret City 1942-1949 by The United States Department of Energy, June 2005.
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HM NumberHM24FN
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Year Placed2005
Placed ByThe United States Department of Energy
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Date Added Monday, January 8th, 2018 at 7:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 747125 N 3988942
Decimal Degrees36.01366667, -84.25790000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 0.82', W 84° 15.474'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 0' 49.2" N, 84° 15' 28.44" W
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Area Code(s)615, 865
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-144 S Tulane Ave, Oak Ridge TN 37830, US
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