Socorro, New Mexico: Chunk of "Jumbo" From First A-Bomb Blast
Displayed outdoors, a chunk of "Jumbo," a massive steel tank that was supposed to enclose the first A-bomb.
- Address:
- Center St., Socorro, NM
- Directions:
- Midtown. At the intersection of Center St. and Plaza St., on the south edge of Socorro's town plaza.
- Admission:
- Free
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On the midtown plaza in Socorro is a plinth with a piece of "Jumbo," a 214-ton steel container that was part of the Manhattan Project. Although 800 feet from the first atomic blast, it was not used for its original purpose: to contain the radioactive material in case the first A-bomb misfired. Instead, its ends were blown out with conventional explosives. Most of Jumbo is still at Trinity, but this piece sits as a massive, slightly rusty, blast-pitted souvenir.
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