Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Knoxville. This new planned city was secretly created for the Manhattan Project in 1942.
Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census.[1]
Oak Ridge, Tennessee Media
George Jones Memorial Baptist Church, built by the residents of Wheat in 1901
The Bethel Valley Checking Station
Workers leaving the Manhattan Project's Y-12 plant at shift changing time, 1945
View from the Oak Ridge Summit, a barren knob on the north slope of Pine Ridge; East Fork Ridge is on the left, Blackoak Ridge spans the horizon.
One of the entrances to Y-12
The ORISE building at Oak Ridge Associated Universities
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Oak Ridge city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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