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HAER COLO,30-GOLD.V,1- (sheet 6 of 17) - Rocky Flats Plant, Bounded by Indiana Street and Routes 93, 128 and 72, Golden, Jefferson County, CO
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HAER COLO,30-GOLD.V,1- (sheet 6 of 17) - Rocky Flats Plant, Bounded by Indiana Street and Routes 93, 128 and 72, Golden, Jefferson County, CO
Depicted place Colorado; Jefferson County; Golden
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER COLO,30-GOLD.V,1- (sheet 6 of 17)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Established in 1951, it was a top-secret weapons production plant. The plant manufactured triggers for use in nuclear weapons and purified plutonium recovered from retired weapons (called site returns). Activities at the plant included production, stockpile, maintenance, and retirement and dismantlement. Particular emphasis was placed on production. Rocky Flats produced most of the plutonium triggers used in nuclear weapons from 1953-1964, and all of the triggers produced from 1964 until 1989, when production was suspended...
  • Survey number: HAER CO-83
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/co0471.sheet.00006a
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Camera location39° 45′ 20.02″ N, 105° 13′ 14.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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