The Atomic Legacy Cabin is the former office of a mining operation that extracted millions of pound of uranium oxide for the Manhattan Project. The current museum has exhibits on the history of uranium mining and processing and environmental cleanup. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1943/03/23 | Philip C Leahy | Work | Philip C Leahy establishes his headquarters at a newly purchased a $10,500, 55 acre gravel pit next to the Gunnison River and begins to build a new uranium refinery. Leahy uses the small log cabin as an office. | Invention of the Atomic Bomb | ||
| 1946/03/00 | Philip C Leahy | Work | By 1946, more than 2.6 million pounds of uranium oxide, about 14 percent of the total uranium in the Manhattan Project, have been extracted from various mins on the Colorado Plateau. | Invention of the Atomic Bomb | ||
| 1947/00/00 | Philip C Leahy | Work | Philip Leahy, now a civilian with the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), establishes the Colorado Raw Materials Office at the site of the Manhattan Project uranium refinery to explore and acquire uranium. The log cabin serves as his office. |
| Particulars for Atomic Legacy Cabin: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Era | Cold War |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Historic Use | Extractive Facility |
| Museum Type | Historical Museum |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Area of Significance | Science |
| Chemical Element | Uranium |
| Motif | War |
| Historic Event | World War II |
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