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The Trinity Test (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

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The Trinity Site in New Mexico

An entire base was built for conducting the test with an ever-growing number of people working at it through late 1944 and into 1945. They actually built an enormous steel shell that the bomb was initially going to be put inside. The final arming of the device took place at 10 p.m. on July 15. There were about 450 people, including VIPs, scientists, and soldiers who were observers for the first test.

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