ORAU Pond
ORAU Pond is in Anderson, Tennessee. ORAU Pond is situated nearby to the university Oak Ridge Associated Universities, as well as near the arts center Oak Ridge Art Center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include American Museum of Science and Energy and Oak Ridge High School.
American Museum of Science and Energy
Museum
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The American Museum of Science and Energy is a science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in the Manhattan Project. American Museum of Science and Energy is situated 3,100 feet east of ORAU Pond.
Oak Ridge High School
School
Oak Ridge High School is the public high school for Oak Ridge, Tennessee, enrolling grades 9 through 12. It was established in 1943 to educate the children of Manhattan Project workers. Oak Ridge High School is situated 2,100 feet north of ORAU Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oak Ridge and Robertsville.
Oak Ridge
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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.
Robertsville
Hamlet
Robertsville was a farming community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that was disbanded in 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 4 miles north of ORAU Pond.
ORAU Pond
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Anderson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.00975° or 36° 0′ 35″ northLongitude
-84.26242° or 84° 15′ 45″ westOpen location code
868Q2P5Q+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 174928526OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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