Description
This postcard depicts a view of the processing areas at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It highlights the significant role of the city during World War II. The text indicates the era of the postcard relates to the 1940s.
Front Text (verbatim):
W-122 A View of one of the Processing Areas, Clinton Engineer Works, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
"The City of the Atomic Bomb"
Back Text (verbatim):
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
Located 18 miles west of Knoxville, grew
from nothing, to the fifth largest city in Ten-
nessee during World War II with a population
of nearly 75,000. Now, one of America's
historic cities, it will ever remain associated
with the greatest secret project of World
War II. The Clinton Engineer Works, of which
Oak Ridge is a part, covers a huge Govern-
ment Reservation of 59,000 acres. The plants
where raw material is separated by different
methods, include more than 425 buildings.
