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Oakridge International School Mohali
Oak Ridge or Oakridge may refer to numerous locations in English-speaking countries - the most well-known being Oak Ridge, Tennessee, due to its part in the Manhattan Project. These and other meanings include: Places Canada * Oakridge, Calgary, neighbourhood in Alberta * Oakridge, Toronto, a neighbourhood in Ontario * Oakridge, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in British Columbia * Oakridge Acres, a neighbourhood in London, Ontario United Kingdom * Oakridge, Gloucestershire, England * Oakridge, Hampshire, England United States Communities * Oak Ridge (California), in Santa Clara County * Oak Ridge, Florida, in Orange County * Oak Ridge, Louisiana, in Morehouse Parish * Oakridge, Minnesota, in Winona County * Oak Ridge, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County * Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri * Oak Ridge, New York, a hamlet south of the village of Charleston, New York * Oak Ridge, New Jersey, in Passaic and Morris Counties * Oak Ridge, North Carolina, a town in Guilford County * Oak Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include ''the Atomic City'', ''the Secret City'', ''the Ridge'', ''the Town the Atomic Bomb Built'', and ''the City Behind the Fence''. In 1942, the United States federal government purchased nearly of farmland in the Clinch River Valley for the development of a planned city supporting 75,000 residents. It was constructed with assistance from architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, from 1942 to 1943. Oak Ridge was established in 1942 as a production site for the Manhattan Project—the massive American, British, and Canadian operation that developed the atomic bomb. Being the site of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex, scientific and technological development still pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
