The Secret City
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Oak Ridge, Tenn., was created by the government to host a key part of the Manhattan Project — a facility in which highly enriched uranium was processed for the atomic bomb.
The house of John Hendrix is seen in what would become Oak Ridge, Tenn., after the government bought the land to build the city and construct the Clinton Engineer Works, which would include the site that would eventually be named the Y-12 National Security Complex. Ed Westcott
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