The Oak Ridge Story; The Saga of a People Who Share in History

by George O. Robinson Jr.

Excerpt from The Oak Ridge Story: The Saga of a People Who Share in History

Of the three major installations, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos and Hanford, which were built from scratch, including large communities to house atomic energy workers, Oak Ridge has a particularly fascinating and unique place in the modern day story of the atom; the Oak Ridge Area, which rose from what was once a sparsely-settled section in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains in East Tennessee, has in truth come to be known as the Symbol of the Atomic Age.

Genres: History

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1950

Reviews

[Dan Cohen · Rating 2 out of 5]

A curious book giving an account of Oak Ridge during and prior to its establishment as an enormous secret wartime site that was central to the Manhattan Project. This account focuses on social and organisational aspects, rather then the science, which make it highly complementary to other accounts of the Manhattan Project. Frankly, I didn't find much of the material particularly engrossing, but there are plenty of mildly interesting bits. I can't really recommend it, unless you have a strong interest in knowing how such an establishment was established and functioned at the social level.

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting history of a town created to build WWII's atom bomb along with Los Alamos (NM) and Hanford (WA).