Millars Watch Site
Millars Watch Site is in Socorro, New Mexico and has an elevation of 5,289 feet.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jumbo and McDonald Ranch House.
McDonald Ranch House
Building
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The McDonald Ranch House in the Oscura Mountains of Socorro County, New Mexico, was the location of assembly of the world's first nuclear weapon. The active components of the Trinity test "gadget", a plutonium Fat Man-type bomb similar to that later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, were assembled there on July 13, 1945. McDonald Ranch House is situated 2 miles southwest of Millars Watch Site.
Millars Watch Site
- Location: Socorro, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.66674° or 33° 40′ 0″ northLongitude
-106.4364° or 106° 26′ 11″ westElevation
5,289 feet (1,612 metres)Open location code
855MMH87+MCGeoNames ID
5479450
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