Norton Company Information

Norton Company Information Location 1 New Bond Street Worcester, Massachusetts Norton manufactured refractory products from boron, beryllium, uranium, thorium, and magnesium oxide for the MED and the AEC.As early as 1943, Norton was providing boron to the SAM...

National Research Corporation Information

National Research Corporation Information Location 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts National Research had Manhattan Engineer District experience in working with vacuum centrifugal castings, in developing jets and baffles for diffusion pumps, and in...

Metals and Controls Corporation Information

Metals and Controls Corporation Information Location 77 Massachusetts Avenue Attleboro, Massachusetts Records indicate that Metals and Controls Corporation fabricated fuel elements for production reactors, but it is unclear whether its work related to the nuclear...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information Location Cambridge, Massachusetts The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began experimental work on producing uranium metal in the spring of 1942 using a process involving melting and casting. It is this...

La Pointe Machine and Tool Information

La Pointe Machine and Tool Information Location Hudson, Massachusetts National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) conducted a single test involving the use of uranium metal on a broaching machine and an arbor press at the La Pointe Machine Tool Company facility. Type of Facility...

Hood Building Information

Hood Building Information Location Cambridge, Massachusetts In 1946, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) relocated the work it had been performing under Manhattan Engineer District (MED) contracts into the Hood Building as a means of consolidating work...