Trinity Remembered
The Trinity Test: Historic Documents, Photos, and Videos
On the 60th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb
Jumbo
With a very limited supply of plutonium then available, a failure could scatter tens of millions of dollars of the precious element across the New Mexico desert. To avoid this problem, a massive steel vessel to contain the explosion was built.
Nicknamed “Jumbo,” a special 64-wheel trailer was required to carry it across the desert to Trinity site.
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