View allAll Photos Tagged atomic
The Atomic Bomb Dome was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The building serves as a memorial to the people who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Atomic Bomb Dome is one of the few buildings around the explosion's epicenter that partially survived the blast, and the city's only remaining bomb damaged building. The former Industrial Promotion Hall is now an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Laboratory No.3
Laboratory 3 (National Trust building F2) built between 1955 and 1958, was the climatic testing lab comprising two elements, the laboratory itself and the Condense Pump House to the east. Its function was to either warm or chill a weapon to simulate the variations of temperature that it might face in service. It is constructed from reinforced concrete with a barrel vaulted roof and entered from its south side through a concrete canopy, and whose southern wall was revetted with shingle. To manoeuvre the heavy test objects into position there was a hoist mounted on a beam secured to the underside of the canopy and roof of the main chamber, traces of its fittings may still be seen. Entry into the chamber was originally through double wooden doors, in common with the other earlier Laboratories security was strengthened by the addition of crude welded steel doors with may be post-AWRE features. At the top of these doors is a slot for the overhead lifting beam indicating that the doors were added while the building was operational. The interior comprises a large central chamber, 24.50m (80ft 5ins) by 6.0m (19ft 6in), and is divided into two sections. To the south was the preparation area and on its walls are the remains of electric conduits and small bore pipes for electric cabling. To the north was a rear insulated chamber 13.5m (44ft 4in) in length, which was separated from the preparation area by a cement covered expandomesh wall and a metal clad sliding door carried on an overhead rail. This slid into a corridor to the west that also gives access to a small switch room. The working area of the rear chamber measured 9.14m (30ft) by 3m (10ft) by 3m (10ft) and its floor set on four dwarf concrete walls was capable of supporting 6 tons. The temperature range that could be achieved varied between plus 60° to minus 60° centigrade, and humidity 20° on either side of the ambient, while undergoing thermal tests an object might also be subject to vibration.
Atomic #6 is the colorway of this Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight yarn that I purchased at the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat.
Licensed under a creative commons share alike. Use freely but give attribution to “Atomic Design, Dallas web designers” and link to “http://www.atomicdc.com"
Licensed under a creative commons share alike. Use freely but give attribution to “Atomic Design, Dallas web design” and link to “http://www.atomicdc.com”
My friend Eric is (was) in a band called Atomic Raygun Attack. They played their last show on Friday and I shot some pictures for them.
The gov. docs. librarian has been weeding through the backlog of gifts and other unclassified documents... I asked if I could have this stack of pamphlets and booklets about how to survive nuclear attacks.
Most were published around 1960 by Civil Defence Canada and the US Department of Defence.
They are awesome.