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Photos and Maps of Trinity (Atomic Test) Site

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Photos and Maps of Trinity (Atomic Test) Site

Photos and Maps of Trinity (Atomic Test) Site

The picture files are courtesy of U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office:

basecamp.gif -- Base camp for Trinity site workers. blast.gif -- Trinity test blast at 10 seconds. crater.gif -- Oppenheimer and Groves examine tower piling in crater. gadget1.gif -- Lifting the "gadget" into the 100-foot tower. gadget2.gif -- Norris Bradbury with the "gadget". jumbo.gif -- Unloading Jumbo. mcdonald.gif -- McDonald-Schmidt ranch house, where plutonium core was assembled. patch.gif -- Patch issued to Manhattan Project military participants. tr_map1.gif -- Map of roads to Trinity Site and visitors' site map. whitsand.gif -- Emblem of the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range.

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