Oak Ridge in Anderson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Y-12 Plant

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 29, 2024

1. Y-12 Plant marker

Inscription. The Electromagnetic Separation Plant was a Manhattan Project facility built in 1943 to separate U-235 from U-238. Material for the first atomic bomb was produced here. In place of unavailable copper, nearly 14,000 tons of silver were borrowed from the U. S. Treasury for use on the manufacturing equipment. The plant was constructed by Stone and Webster Engineering and was operated by Tennessee Eastman from 1943-1947.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1D 26.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine • War, World II.

Location. 35° 59.798′ N, 84° 14.359′ W. Marker is in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in Anderson County. It is at the intersection of Scarboro Road and Bear Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on Scarboro Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 602 Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge TN 37830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in Greater Knoxville.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bear Creek Checking Station (approx. ¼ mile away); Oak Ridge Bombers (approx. 0.9 miles away); Oak Ridge (approx. one mile away); The Scarboro Community (approx. 1.2 miles

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away); a different marker also named The Scarboro Community (approx. 1.3 miles away); Violent Clashes (approx. 1½ miles away); The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named The Birth of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oak Ridge.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 29, 2024

2. Y-12 Plant marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 189 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 29, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.