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Shift Change

A group of women including several in nursing uniforms are walking from a gated area with multiple buildings.

With over 22,000 people employed at Y-12 shift change was just a normal part of the work day in 1945. Mostly high school graduate age women kept production operating 24 hours a day seven days a week. With three shifts working round the clock in nine calutron buildings sights like this was a normal part of the work day during the war.

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US Department of Energy/Ed Westcott 8/11/1945

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Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Code: MAPR

Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Latitude: 35.8809471130371, Longitude: -106.301979064941

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04/30/2012

04/30/2012

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