Bruceton, Pennsylvania
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Bruceton is the home of the Experimental Mine of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, which originally opened in 1910.[2][3] It is also the home of the Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center. The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway connected to the B&O Railroad in Bruceton. It is 185 miles (or 298 km) northwest of Washington D.C.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
In the early 1940s, the town hosted almost 100 scientists to help develop the Manhattan Project as a laboratory of the National Defense Research Committee including a month-long visit by Linus Pauling.[4][5][6]
See also
- Bruceton analysis
- Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines
- George Kistiakowsky
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- RDX
References
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