Mound Laboratories

Mound Laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio was an Atomic Energy Commission facility for nuclear weapon research during the Cold War, named after the nearby Miamisburg Indian Mound.

Type: Commerce
Description: nuclear laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio that was a part of the Manhattan Project
Also known as: “Miamisburg Environmental Management Project”, “Mound Advanced Technology Center”, “Mound Facility”, and “Mound Laboratory”
Address: OH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza Theatre and Jacob’s Church.

Plaza Theatre

Movie theater

Photo: Pjsham, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plaza Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 1 mile north of Mound Laboratories.

Jacob's Church is a historic Lutheran church at 213 East Central Avenue in Miamisburg, Ohio. It was built in 1864 and added to the National Register in 1990. The builders were Henry & David Groby who were considered "one of the best builders in the area". Jacob’s Church is situated 1 mile north of Mound Laboratories.

Miamisburg High School

School

Miamisburg High School is a public high school located in Miamisburg, Ohio, United States, serving grades 9-12. The current principal is Michael Black. Miamisburg High School is situated 1½ miles east of Mound Laboratories.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miamisburg and Chautauqua.

Miamisburg

Photo: Pjsham, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Miamisburg is a city in southern Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,923 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Dayton, it is part of the Dayton metropolitan area.

Chautauqua

Hamlet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Chautauqua, also Chautaugua or Chatauqua, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Chautauqua is located at. Chautauqua is situated 2½ miles south of Mound Laboratories.

Carlisle

Village

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Carlisle is a city in Warren and Montgomery counties in the southwestern part of Ohio, United States. The population was 5,501 the 2020 census. The Warren County portion of Carlisle is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, while the Montgomery County portion is part of the Dayton metropolitan area. Carlisle is situated 3½ miles southwest of Mound Laboratories.

Mound Laboratories

Category: fixed construction
Location: Montgomery, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.62621° or 39° 37′ 34″ north

Longitude

-84.28671° or 84° 17′ 12″ west

Elevation

873 feet (266 metres)

Operator

Mound Development Corporation

Open location code

86FQJPG7+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 244628571

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q6919121

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