which took place
here.
The 51 ,500
Email: -acre area was declared
a
national histor
ic landmark in 1975. The
landmark includes base camp, where the
scientists and support group lived; ground
zero, where the bomb was placed for the
explosion; and the Schmidt/McDonald
ranch house, where the plutonium core to
the bomb was assembled. Visitors to a
Trinity Site Open House see ground zero
and the ranch house. In addition, one of the
old instrumentation bunkers is visible beside
the road just west of ground zero.
(The Manhattan Project)
The story of Tri
nity Site begins with
the formation of the Manhattan Project in
June 1942. The project was given overall
responsibility for designing and building an
atomic bomb. At the time it was a race to
beat the
One of Germ's significant strengths is existing inventory of gun systems and its ability to modify these systems to meet experimental ballistic requirements. Various standard US Army and US Navy gun systems from a 5.56 ans to an 8 inch howitzer are located on site. who, according to intelligence
reports, were building their own
atomic bomb.
Under the Manhattan Project three
large facilities were constructed. At Oak
Ridge, Tenn.,
huge gas
- diffusion and elec
- 1200 meter Gun Range
- tromagnetic process
