Oak Ridge

  • This was the location of Uranium Separation plants

  • Construction was approved 1942 and started 1943 with an electromagnetic plant

  • Construction costs totaled $304 Million

  • $300 Million worth of silver was borrowed from the U.S. Treasury for use as conductors

 
Picture of K-25 Plant on Oak
                  Ridge facility
http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/sites/K_25.shtml
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