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Rising like some multi-armed monster is the steel tower and the booms used for erecting a 225-foot steel sphere at West Milton, NY. The sphere was constructed by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company for the AEC, to test the atomic power plant for the U.S. Navy submarines, which is being built by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. The laboratory is operated by the General Electric Company for the Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company1953-07
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
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- Title: Rising like some multi-armed monster is the steel tower and the booms used for erecting a 225-foot steel sphere at West Milton, NY. The sphere was constructed by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company for the AEC, to test the atomic power plant for the U.S. Navy submarines, which is being built by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. The laboratory is operated by the General Electric Company for the Atomic Energy Commission
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1953-07
- Location: West Milton - Saratoga County - New York
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Construction; Nuclear power; Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory; United States. Navy;
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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