Clinton Engineer Works

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Manhattan Project facility United States Army Corps of Engineers project industrial complex

Clinton Engineer Works was a massive World War II-era industrial complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built as part of the Manhattan Project to produce fissile material for the first atomic bombs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manhattan Project facility ⓘ
United States Army Corps of Engineers project ⓘ
industrial complex ⓘ
area approximately 59,000 acres ⓘ
associatedWith K-25 Project ⓘ
X-10 Project ⓘ
Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ
surface form: Y-12 Project
builtFor Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

United States Army ⓘ
codeName Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: Clinton Engineer District

Site X ⓘ
constructedDuring World War II ⓘ
contains K-25 gaseous diffusion plant ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Oak Ridge townsite

X-10 graphite reactor ⓘ
Y-12 National Security Complex ⓘ
surface form: Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant

military reservation housing ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demobilization post-World War II ⓘ
governedBy Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
hadWorkforce tens of thousands of workers ⓘ
historicalSignificance key site in development of first nuclear weapons ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
militaryBranch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
namedAfter Clinton, Tennessee ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Manhattan Project ⓘ
Oak Ridge Reservation ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons program ⓘ
produced enriched uranium ⓘ
producedFor atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: Little Boy atomic bomb
purpose production of fissile material ⓘ
support of first atomic bombs ⓘ
uranium enrichment ⓘ
securityClassification Top Secret ⓘ
startConstruction 1942 ⓘ
status no longer exists as a single administrative entity ⓘ
successor Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Oak Ridge city
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
usedTechnology electromagnetic isotope separation ⓘ
gaseous diffusion ⓘ
graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ

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Secret City → alternativeName → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Site X → codenameFor → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
K-25 Project → locatedIn → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
X-10 Project → locatedInFacility → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
X-10 graphite reactor → locatedInFacility → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Clinton Laboratories → operatedBy → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee → originalName → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
MED → oversawConstructionOf → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
X-10 Project → partOf → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
Manhattan District → responsibleFor → Clinton Engineer Works ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District