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Atom bomb containment vessel

1945

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Atom bomb containment vessel
  • Title
  • Atom bomb containment vessel
  • Creator
  • Eichleay Engineering Corporation
  • Date
  • 1945
  • Identifier
  • 20160223-hpichswp-0028
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS960_B007_F006_I001
  • Description
  • A view of Jumbo, a containment vessel designed for the atomic bomb. The Eichleay Corporation was contracted by the U.S. government to transport the vessel to the Trinity site as part of the Manhattan Project.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Eichleay Engineering Corporation.
    Manhattan Project (Organization)
    Atom bomb.
  • Source
  • Eichleay Company Records and Photographs, 1889-1989, MSS 960, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Eichleay Engineering Corporation Records and Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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