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White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM
LocationVicinity of Routes 13 & 20,
White Sands, NM
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER NM-1-A
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-2; N670).
Building/structure dates:
1983 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1945 demolished
Building/structure dates:
1965 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1944 initial construction
National Register Number: 66000493
Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structures, the remains of Base Camp, and the restored George McDonald ranch house where the bomb's plutonium core was assembled. Trinity Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and designated a National Historic Landmark, in 1972.
Subjects
Building DeteriorationAdobe BuildingsWar (World War II)
Related Names
Oppenheimer, Robert
Groves, Gen. Leslie R.
Farrell, Gen. Thomas
Bainbridge, Kenneth
Williams, John
Kistiakowsky, George
Brenner, William A., Historian
Brown, Dick, Photographer
Halferty, Bob, Photographer
Ontaverous, Frank, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. BASE CAMP: VIEW OF REMAINS OF GARAGE BUILDING AND RANCH HOUSE #2
2. BASE CAMP: VIEW OF RANCH HOUSE #2, LOOKING NORTH, WITH REMAINS OF GARAGE BUILDING ON LEFT AND REMAINS OF WATER TOWERS AND TANK VISIBLE IN BACKGROUND
3. BASE CAMP: REMAINS OF WATER TOWERS, TANK, AND GARAGE, LOOKING WEST
4. JUMBO: VIEW OF REMAINS, FROM SOUTHEAST
5. JUMBO: VIEW OF REMAINS, FROM WEST-NORTHWEST
6. MCDONALD RANCH: AERIAL VIEW OF RANCH COMPLEX, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD NORTHERN TIP OF SAN ANDREAS RANGE
7. MCDONALD RANCH: AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING WEST
8. MCDONALD RANCH: GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING WEST SHOWING (LEFT TO RIGHT) REMAINS OF GARAGE, BUNKHOUSE, RANCH HOUSE, AND WINDMILL TOWER. CORRAL FENCE IS IN FOREGROUND
9. MCDONALD RANCH: GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
11. MCDONALD RANCH: DRIVE MECHANISM AT BASE OF WINDMILL
12. MCDONALD RANCH: REMAINS OF CHICAGO AERMOTOR WINDMILL
13. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF BUNKHOUSE, FROM NORTH-NORTHWEST
14. MCDONALD RANCH: FIREPLACE IN SOUTHEAST CORNER, MIDDLE ROOM OF BUNKHOUSE
15. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF BUNKHOUSE, FROM EAST-SOUTHEAST
16. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF BUNKHOUSE, FROM SOUTH, WITH CISTERN IN FOREGROUND
17. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF EAST ROOM OF BUNK-HOUSE, LOOKING NORTH
18. MCDONALD RANCH: AERIAL VIEW OF GARAGE, FROM SOUTHWEST
19. MCDONALD RANCH: GARAGE, FROM SOUTHWEST
20. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF GARAGE, LOOKING EAST
21. MCDONALD RANCH: CORRAL FENCE
22. MCDONALD RANCH: CORRAL FENCE
23. MCDONALD RANCH: FENCE AND SHED ON SOUTH SIDE OF CORRAL
24. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF CORRAL FENCE, WITH WINDMILL IN BACKGROUND
25. MCDONALD RANCH: RUINS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED ADOBE OUTBUILDING WEST OF RANCH HOUSE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
26. MCDONALD RANCH: RUINS OF UNIDENTIFIED STONE OUTBUILDING, LOOKING EAST
27. MCDONALD RANCH: ROOT CELLAR OUTSIDE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WALL SURROUNDING RANCH HOUSE, LOOKING SOUTH
28. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF RANCH HOUSE FROM WEST-SOUTHWEST, WITH OSCURA MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND
29. MCDONALD RANCH: RANCH HOUSE, FROM NORTHEAST
30. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW FROM EAST SHOWING DEBRIS OF WINDMILL IN FOREGROUND
31. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF RANCH HOUSE, FROM SOUTHWEST
32. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF RANCH HOUSE, FROM NORTHWEST
33. MCDONALD RANCH: NORTH ELEVATION OF RANCH HOUSE
34. MCDONALD RANCH: EAST ELEVATION OF RANCH HOUSE
35. MCDONALD RANCH: SOUTH ELEVATION OF RANCH HOUSE
36. MCDONALD RANCH: WEST ELEVATION OF RANCH HOUSE. PIT IN FOREGROUND IS REMAINS OF CISTERN
37. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF NORTH WINDOW OF EAST FACADE OF RANCH HOUSE
38. MCDONALD RANCH: NORTH DOOR OF EAST FACADE OF RANCH HOUSE, LEADING INTO ASSEMBLY ROOM
39. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF SOUTH DOOR OF EAST FACADE OF RANCH HOUSE
40. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF SOUTH WINDOW, EAST FACADE OF RANCH HOUSE
41. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF NORTHEAST ROOM OF RANCH HOUSE, LOOKING NORTHWEST. TAPE HANGING FROM CEILING/WALL JOINT IS PROBABLY LEFT FROM SEALING OF ROOM PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY OF PLUTONIUM CORE COMPONENTS ON JULY 13, 1945
42. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF NORTHEAST ROOM OF RANCH HOUSE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
43. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW OF RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN, LOOKING NORTH
44. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN, LOOKING WEST. ATTACHED ICE HOUSE IS VISIBLE THROUGH WINDOWS AND DOOR
45. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW FROM RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN INTO ICE HOUSE
46. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW OF ICE HOUSE, SHOWING STAIRS TO BASEMENT LEVEL
47. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW OF THE FIRST FLOOR INNER ROOM OF ICE HOUSE, LOOKING TO NORTHWEST FROM STAIRWAY
48. MCDONALD RANCH: VIEW INTO NORTH ADDITION OF RANCH HOUSE, FROM WEST ENTRANCE
49. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF ROOF FRAMING, RANCH HOUSE
50. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST ROOM OF RANCH HOUSE, VIEWED FROM WEST AND SHOWING STENCILED FRIEZE BELOW CEILING
51. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW OF SOUTHEAST ROOM OF RANCH HOUSE, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING DOORWAY LEADING TO DECK
52. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW OF SOUTHEAST ROOM, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING SOUTH WINDOW
53. MCDONALD RANCH: INTERIOR VIEW OF SOUTHEAST ROOM, LOOKING WEST
54. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF SOUTH DOORWAY IN WEST WALL OF SOUTHEAST ROOM
55. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD DOOR FROM RANCH HOUSE, POSSIBLY FROM ICE HOUSE TO KITCHEN
56. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD PANTRY DOOR, PROBABLY TO BASEMENT OF ICE HOUSE
57. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD WINDOW FRAME, POSSIBLY SASH OF WEST WINDOW IN KITCHEN
58. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD WINDOW FRAME, POSSIBLY FROM WINDOW ON SOUTH WALL OF KITCHEN
59. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD DOOR AT GEORGE MCDONALD RANCH, POSSIBLY LEADING FROM KITCHEN TO NORTHWEST ROOM
60. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD WINDOW FRAME, POSSIBLY FROM WINDOW IN WEST WALL OF NORTHWEST ROOM
61. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF UPPER PORTION OF WOOD WINDOW FRAME, POSSIBLY FROM WEST WALL OF NORTH-WEST ROOM
62. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD DOOR, POSSIBLY FROM SOUTHEAST ROOM TO NORTHEAST ROOM
63. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD WINDOW FRAME, POSSIBLY FROM WINDOW ON NORTH WALL OF NORTH ADDITION
64. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD DOOR, POSSIBLY FROM NORTH SIDE OF NORTH ADDITION
65. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD DOOR OF SOUTH-EAST ROOM
66. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF UNIDENTIFIED WOOD DOOR
67. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF UNIDENTIFIED WOOD DOOR
68. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF UNIDENTIFIED WOODEN WINDOW FRAME
69. MCDONALD RANCH: DETAIL OF WOOD RAMP ADDED TO EAST PORCH OF RANCH HOUSE BY ARMY IN JUNE/JULY 1945
70. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: CAMERA BUNKER AT 10,000 NORTH, LOOKING NORTHWEST
71. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INTERIOR OF CAMERA BUNKER AT 10,000 WEST, LOOKING EAST
72. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: CAMERA BUNKER AT 10,000 WEST, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
73. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INTERIOR OF CAMERA BUNKER AT 10,000 NORTH, LOOKING SOUTH
74. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 1,000 NORTH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
75. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 1,000 NORTH, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
76. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 NORTH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
77. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 NORTH, LOOKING NORTHWEST
78. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 NORTH, SHOWING ENTRANCE ON NORTH FACADE
79. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INTERIOR OF INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 WEST, WITH WOODEN WORK BENCH
80. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 WEST, LOOKING NORTHWEST
81. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 WEST, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
82. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 800 WEST, LOOKING NORTHEAST
83. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 600 NORTHWEST, LOOKING WEST
84. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 600 NORTHWEST, LOOKING EAST
85. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: NORTHWEST FACADE OF INSTRUMENTATION BUNKER AT 600 NORTHWEST
86. SITE INSTRUMENTATION: VIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS WIRING APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES NORTH OF GROUND ZERO, LOOKING NORTH
87. EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE (FRONT)
88. EXTERIOR, SOUTH SIDE
89. EXTERIOR, WEST SIDE (REAR)
90. EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE
91. NORTHWEST ROOM, NORTH WALL
92. NORTHWEST ROOM, WEST WALL
93. NORTHWEST ROOM, SOUTH HALL
94. NORTHWEST ROOM, EAST WALL
95. KITCHEN, WEST WALL
96. KITCHEN, SOUTH WALL
97. KITCHEN, NORTH WALL
98. KITCHEN, EAST WALL
99. SOUTHEAST ROOM, SOUTH WALL
100. SOUTHEAST ROOM, NORTH WALL
101. SOUTHEAST ROOM, EAST WALL
102. SOUTHEAST ROOM, WEST WALL
103. ASSEMBLY ROOM, NORTH WALL
104. ASSEMBLY ROOM, EAST WALL
105. ASSEMBLY ROOM, WEST WALL
106. ASSEMBLY ROOM, SOUTH WAL
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