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Jumbo

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This is a fragment from Jumbo, a huge steel vessel designed to contain the explosion of the first nuclear device at the Trinity Site some 35 miles southeast of here on July 16, 1945. Jumbo was used in later experiments which resulted in the ends being blown out.



Last updated: 10/12/2009 15:10:00