Bruceton is an
suburban
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area of
Greater Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, United States. The region includes Allegheny County, Pittsburgh's urban core county and economic hub, and seven adjacent Pennsylvania cou ...
within
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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. While not an incorporated entity itself, its western half is part of
South Park Township and its eastern half is part of
Jefferson Hills.
Bruceton is the home of the
Experimental Mine of the
U.S. Bureau of Mines, which originally opened in 1910. It is also the home of the Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center. The
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway connected to the
B&O Railroad in Bruceton. It is 185 miles (or 298 km) northwest of Washington D.C.
History
In the early 1940s, the town hosted almost 100 scientists to help develop the
Manhattan Project
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From 1942 to 1946, the ...
as a laboratory of the
National Defense Research Committee including a month-long visit by
Linus Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling ( ; February 28, 1901August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. ''New Scientist'' called him one of the 20 gre ...
.
See also
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Bruceton analysis
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Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines
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George Kistiakowsky
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National Energy Technology Laboratory
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RDX
RDX (Research Department Explosive or Royal Demolition Explosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3. It is white, odorless, and tasteless, widely used as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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