Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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United States Army organization World War II project military engineering organization nuclear weapons program

The Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was the wartime administrative and engineering organization that managed the United States’ top-secret effort to develop the first atomic weapons during World War II.

Aliases (7)

Manhattan Engineer District ×65
Clinton Engineer District ×1
Sante Fe office of the Manhattan Engineer District ×1
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan District ×1
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District ×1
U.S. Army Manhattan Engineer District ×1
United States Army Corps of Engineers ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army organization → World War II project → military engineering organization → nuclear weapons program →
alsoKnownAs	MED → Manhattan District → Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →
chiefEngineer	Leslie R. Groves Jr. →
collaboratedWith	British Mission to the Manhattan Project → Columbia University → Office of Scientific Research and Development → University of California → University of Chicago →
commander	Leslie R. Groves Jr. →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States of America →
director	Leslie R. Groves Jr. →
dissolved	1947 →
headquartersLocation	New York City → Oak Ridge, Tennessee →
inception	1942 →
industry	nuclear weapons →
jurisdiction	United States →
legacy	beginning of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
namedAfter	Manhattan, New York City →
notableEvent	Trinity nuclear test → development of the first nuclear weapons →
notableProject	Manhattan Project →
operatedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →
parentOrganization	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →
partOf	United States Army → United States Army Corps of Engineers →
purpose	coordination of the Manhattan Project → development of atomic weapons →
responsibleFor	Clinton Engineer Works → Hanford Engineer Works → Los Alamos Laboratory → design and production of the "Fat Man" bomb → design and production of the "Little Boy" bomb → plutonium production facilities at Hanford → uranium enrichment plants at Oak Ridge →
scope	research, design, and production of nuclear weapons →
securityClassification	top secret →
successor	Atomic Energy Commission →
technology	implosion-type nuclear weapon design → nuclear reactor design → plutonium production → uranium enrichment →
testSite	Trinity Site, New Mexico →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Manhattan District ("Manhattan Engineer District") → Manhattan Engineer District →	alsoKnownAs
Clinton Engineer Works ("Manhattan Engineer District") → F Reactor ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	builtFor
X-10 Project ("U.S. Army Manhattan Engineer District") →	affiliation
Trinity test site, New Mexico ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	associatedWith
Clinton Engineer Works ("Clinton Engineer District") →	codeName
Manhattan Project →	codenameOrigin
Manhattan Project ("United States Army Corps of Engineers") →	coordinatingOrganization
The Gadget ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	developedUnder
Trinity test device ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	developer
Manhattan District →	formedAs
Chicago Pile-1 ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	fundedBy
Clinton Engineer Works ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	governedBy
Manhattan Project sites ("Sante Fe office of the Manhattan Engineer District") →	hasPart
Los Alamos Laboratory ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	militaryDistrict
Manhattan Project ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	namedAfter
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	operatedFor
Able ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	operationSponsor
K-25 Project ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	operator
The Gadget ("U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan District") →	oversightAgency
AEC ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	precededBy
United States Atomic Energy Commission ("Manhattan Engineer District") →	replaced
Met Lab ("U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District") →	supervisedBy