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Silver's role in the Manhattan Project

derrybderryb Posts: 37,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The U.S. War Department borrowed 14,000 tons of government silver in its drive to make the world's first atomic bomb.

If you understand what is coming, then you can duck. If not, then you get sucker-punched. - Martin Armstrong

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  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s amazing. It’s actually quite extraordinary that we had 400,000 1000 ounce bars available. I guess we owe something to the silver lobby!

    Higashiyama
  • element159element159 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭

    I did not know that the Treasury actually got back more silver than was loaned to the Manhattan Project, even though there were of course some losses. Interest paid in physical silver!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is an excellent article. Great detail and project definition. Cheers, RickO

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,151 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting article. Thanks for sharing it.

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