The Girls of Atomic City (46 page)

Colleen (Rowan) Black

Jane (Greer) Puckett

Housing options included dorms and prefab homes, but also hutments and trailers, like those pictured here.

A view into a prefab home.

Mud was an unavoidable consequence of Oak Ridge’s rapid construction.

New homes dot Oak Ridge’s young landscape. At the height of construction, new homes were erected as quickly as one per every thirty minutes.

Women working in an administration office. In addition to making sure the plants were up and running, creating a town of Oak Ridge’s size and scope meant managing the daily lives and needs of thousands of workers and their families.

Oak Ridge residents waiting at the post office.

A booming population meant Oak Ridge’s residents encountered lines everywhere, whether for books, groceries, or cigarettes.

Many groups and organizations, for both adults and children, sprung up throughout Oak Ridge. Here, Girl Scouts explore their very unique surroundings.