WATO-AM (Oak Ridge)

WATO-AM (Oak Ridge) is a tower in Anderson, Tennessee. WATO-AM (Oak Ridge) is situated nearby to the hamlet Elza, as well as near Marlow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Inn.

Alexander Inn

Social service facility

Photo: doe-oakridge, Public domain.

The Alexander Inn, originally known as The Guest House and now the Alexander Guest House, is a historic building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that was built during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors and that later was used as a hotel. Alexander Inn is situated 2½ miles southwest of WATO-AM (Oak Ridge).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elza and Marlow.

Elza

Hamlet

Elza was a community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that existed before 1942, when the area was acquired for the Manhattan Project. Its site is now part of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Marlow

Hamlet

Marlow is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee. Marlow is in the valley of Poplar Creek, between Clinton to the northeast and Oliver Springs to the southwest. Oak Ridge is south of Marlow. Marlow is situated 2 miles northwest of WATO-AM (Oak Ridge).

Oak Ridge

Photo: AdamBSimpson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oak Ridge is a city in Tennessee. Oak Ridge was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. In Oak Ridge, thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

WATO-AM (Oak Ridge)

Type: Tower
Location: Anderson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.05064° or 36° 3′ 2″ north

Longitude

-84.21048° or 84° 12′ 38″ west

Elevation

856 feet (261 metres)

Open location code

868Q3Q2Q+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356886232

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

GeoNames ID

4664863

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