A Message From Mayor Tom Beehan
Welcome to Oak Ridge, the 17th largest city in Tennessee and home of 27,387 wonderful folks! Oak Ridge's rich history began in September 1942 when a 60,000-acre section of Anderson and Roane counties was selected to become a vast, complex and secret part of the Manhattan Project. New York-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was hired to literally design and supervise construction of our entire original town (streets, schools, utilities, houses, etc.) from scratch! The required workforce - construction workers, engineers, scientists, skilled craftspeople, teachers, and many others - brought their families to Oak Ridge from throughout the United States. This blending of people, ideas and cultures made Oak Ridge a wonderful city in which to live, a trend that continues to the present day!
No comments:
Post a Comment