Through a Lens: The Story of The Manhattan Project

On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Cook tells us the story of how in 1943 the town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established and went from 58,000 acres of farmland to a town of 75,000 people. The town's purpose? To beat Germany to the atomic bomb. Ed Westcott was the one man in Oak Ridge with a camera, and he captured it all. See his pictures HERE. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.