On the 60th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb

Bomb Assembly

Sgt. Herbert Lehr delivering the plutonium core (or more probably half of it) for the Gadget in its shock-mounted carrying case to the assembly room in the McDonald Ranch farmhouse.

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Contents

• The Story of Trinity
• Photographs
• Historical Documents
• Selected Biographies
• Trinity Test Movie
• Trinity Site Maps
• Bibliography
• Other Online Sources
• About This Site

Related Reading

The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes

Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos
by Lillian Hoddeson, Roger A. Meade, et. al.