Oak Ridge is nestled in the foothills of East Tennessee, 25 miles west of Knoxville.
As a direct result of the letter written by Albert Einstein to P.
In 1942, 59,000 acres of land were transformed in a matter of weeks into a "secret city" that became known as the mysterious Manhattan District.
Bordered on three sides by the Clinch River, the land first existed under other names--Elza, Robertsville, Scarboro, and Wheat--and became part of the Clinton Engineering Works later known as Oak Ridge.
Oak Ridge is nestled in the foothills of East Tennessee, 25 miles west of Knoxville