Manhattan Project National Historical Park
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Hanford High, a part of the park in Washington.
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Location | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico and Hanford, Washington, USA |
Established | November 10, 2015 |
Governing body | National Park Service, Department of Energy |
http://www.nps.gov/mapr/ |
Manhattan Project National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park commemorating the Manhattan Project that is run jointly by the National Park Service and Department of Energy. The park consists of three units: one in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, one in Los Alamos, New Mexico and one in Hanford, Washington. It was established on November 10, 2015 when Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz signed the memorandum of agreement that defined the roles that the two agencies had when managing the park.[1][2]
The Department of Energy had owned and managed most of the properties located within the three different sites. For over ten years, the DoE worked with the National Park Service and federal, state and local governments and agencies with the intention of turning places of importance into a National Historical Park. After several years of surveying the three sites and five other possible alternatives, the two agencies officially recommended a historical park be established in Hanford, Los Alamos and Oak Ridge. The Department of Energy would continue to manage and own the sites while the National Park Service would provide interpretive services, visitor centers and park rangers. After two unsuccessful attempts at passing a bill in Congress authorizing the park in 2012 and 2013, the House and Senate ultimately passed the bill in December 2014, with President Obama signing the National Defense Authorization Act shortly thereafter which authorized the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.[3][4]
Contents
Sites
The Manhattan Project National Historical Park protects many structures associated with the Manhattan Project, but only some are open for touring.
Hanford, Washington
- B Reactor National Historic Landmark - bus tours are available by advance reservation
- the previous Hanford High School in the former Town of Hanford and Hanford Construction Camp Historic District
- Bruggemann’s Agricultural Warehouse Complex
- White Bluffs Bank and Hanford Irrigation District Pump House
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Currently not open to the public.
- Gun Site Facilities: three bunkered buildings (TA-8-1, TA-8-2, and TA-8-3), and a portable guard shack (TA-8-172).
- V-Site Facilities: TA-16-516 and TA-16-517 V-Site Assembly Building
- Pajarito Site: TA-18-1 Slotin Building, TA-8-2 Battleship Control Building, and the TA-18-29 Pond Cabin.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The American Museum of Science and Energy provides bus tours of several buildings in the Clinton Engineer Works including the:
- X-10 Graphite Reactor
- Buildings 9731 and 9204-3 at the Y-12 complex
- East Tennessee Technology Park, located on the site of the K-25 Building
References
External links
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- Official National Park Service website: Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- Official Department of Energy website: Manhattan Project National Historical Park
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- National Historical Parks of the United States
- Protected areas established in 2015
- National Park Service areas in New Mexico
- National Park Service areas in Tennessee
- National Park Service areas in Washington (state)
- Transboundary protected areas
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Hanford Site
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Protected areas of Los Alamos County, New Mexico
- Protected areas of Benton County, Washington
- Protected areas of Anderson County, Tennessee
- 2015 establishments in New Mexico
- 2015 establishments in Washington (state)
- 2015 establishments in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Washington