Wyckoff Steel Company Information

Location

722 Frelinghuysen Avenue

Newark, New Jersey

Wyckoff Steel conducted tests of methods to straighten and finish uranium rods on September 6, 1950.

Type of Facility

  • Atomic Weapons Employer

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • 1950

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

Other Resources

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