Show Printable Version Search This Thread Advanced Search   Atomic Heritage Foundation Message Board Register  |  Login  |  Search  |  New Posts  |  Chat Atomic Heritage Foundation > Forums > Post Your Question Here! > Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.   Username: Password:   Remember Me? Thread Tools  | Search This Thread  Reply   Author Comment   View Member ProfileFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts potter Registered: 04/30/05 Posts: 4      04/30/05 at 10:40 AM Reply with quote #1 I have a Certificate of Recognition for my husbands great grandfather, Edward Adamac. He worked for the stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Does anyone have any information about what this company actually had to do with the Manhattan Project? I also have a pin that says A-bomb on it. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageSend EmailFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts model110 Registered: 07/30/04 Posts: 108      04/30/05 at 11:47 PM Reply with quote #2 Dear  Potter,   Stone and Webster was a contractor at Oak Ridge during the war.  Oak Ridge separated the uranium 235 from uranium 238.  U-235 is the fissile portion required for the Hiroshima weapon.  I have more information but I am unable to locate the book explaining their role.  However go to your library and get General Groves book "Now it Can be Told".  The book "City behind a Fence" also has good information.  I would also go to DOE's Oak Ridge web page.  Hope this helps.     model 110 View Member ProfileFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts potter Registered: 04/30/05 Posts: 4      05/01/05 at 08:52 AM Reply with quote #3 Thank you for the information but, I didn't think that he left Boston at all. Didn't some of the work stay there? View Member ProfileSend EmailFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts judyjo Registered: 09/20/09 Posts: 6      10/17/09 at 06:52 AM Reply with quote #4 My dad also worked for Stone and Webster during the Manhattan Project 1943-?.  Did you ever find good information on S&W's work during that time?  __________________ Judy Previous Thread | Next Thread Reply   Bookmarks    Digg  del.icio.us  StumbleUpon  Google