V-Site buildings

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The V-Site buildings are historic Los Alamos structures where key work on the first atomic bombs was conducted during the Manhattan Project.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manhattan Project facility
historic site
laboratory building complex
architecturalType industrial laboratory buildings
associatedWithEvent development of the first atomic bombs
associatedWithField nuclear physics
weapons engineering
associatedWithOrganization Los Alamos Laboratory (Project Y)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
associatedWithPerson J. Robert Oppenheimer
scientists of the Manhattan Project
associatedWithProject Manhattan Project
associatedWithWeapon Fat Man atomic bomb
Little Boy atomic bomb
category Historic buildings in Los Alamos, New Mexico
Manhattan Project sites in New Mexico
World War II research and development facilities in the United States
country United States
era World War II
hasFunction research facility
weapons development facility
heritageStatus historic preservation site
historicalPeriod 1940s
locatedIn Los Alamos, New Mexico
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Los Alamos County, New Mexico
material temporary wartime construction materials
wood-frame construction
partOf Los Alamos National Laboratory
Manhattan Project
risk deterioration due to age
significance site of key work on the first atomic bombs
subjectOf historic preservation efforts
studies of Manhattan Project infrastructure
usedFor assembly-related research for atomic bombs
development of nuclear weapons
weapons design experiments

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit)
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