C. H. Schnorr Information Location 644 Garfield Street Springdale, Pennsylvania In 1943, C.H. Schnorr & Company began providing metal fabrication services in support of Manhattan Engineer District (MED) operations. C.H. Schnorr machined extruded uranium for the...
Carpenter Steel Company Information Location 101 West Bern Street Reading, Pennsylvania Beginning in 1943, Carpenter Steel Corporation was one of the 14 private contractors and vendors that produced fuel for the Oak Ridge X-10 pilot plant reactor and the full-scale...
Carnegie Institute of Technology Information Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania During the Manhattan Project, Carnegie Institute of Technology was key participant in research on the phases of special metals and their alloys. It also worked on the development of methods...
Birdsboro Steel and Foundry Information Location Birdsboro, Pennsylvania In 1951, eight assorted uranium billets weighing a total of 346 pounds, originating at Birdsboro, were received by the AEC’s Lake Ontario Ordnance Works. In 1952, Birdsboro received 11.5...
Beryllium Corporation of America-Reading Information Location Reading, Pennsylvania In 1947, the Beryllium Corporation plant at Reading produced highly distilled and pure beryllium oxide on a small scale for the AEC. By 1960, the plant focused on alloy and oxide work....
Beryllium Corporation of America-Hazelton Information Location Hazelton, Pennsylvania The Manhattan Engineer District and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) contracted with the facility for the production of beryllium metal, beryllium oxide, and beryllium powder. The... 