Middlesex Sampling Plant, 239 Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ
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Significance: This complex was one of a number of American companies chosen by the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission to process uranium for use in the development of atomic weapons. From 1943-1967 the plant processed, sampled, blended, and stored uranium, beryllium, and thorium ore before sending it to other companies for refining. This work was part of a top-secret nationwide fabricating effort during World War II to develop an atom bomb, and post-war, to create atomic weapons as part of President Harry S Truman's Cold War policy of military supremacy over the Soviet Union.
Survey number: HAER NJ-107
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1949-1950 Subsequent Work
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