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The Secret City That Birthed the Atomic Bomb
Photos from the Tennessee town of Oak Ridge, where thousands of workers and their families lived while constructing the atom bomb.
Over at TheAtlantic.com, our colleague Alan Taylor has put together a fascinating 1940s-era photo essay of life in the secret town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He explains:
Ed Westcott was the only photographer authorized to shoot the facility. Below, a selection of his scenes from Oak Ridge. See the rest of the photos here.