German Uranium Machine 1945

The Alsos team dismantling a 'uranium machine' in a cave at Haigerloch, Germany (the 'Haigerlock pile').  Uranium cubes are in the center, surrounded by graphite. Pitching in are Lansdale and Eric Welch (top left center), Rupert Cecil (nearest camera) and Perrin (bottom center) and Rothwell (right, kneeling)., Credit Line: Brookhaven National Laboratory, courtesy, AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Goudsmit Collection
Abstract/Description: The Alsos team dismantling a 'uranium machine' in a cave at Haigerloch, Germany (the 'Haigerlock pile'). Uranium cubes are in the center, surrounded by graphite. Pitching in are Lansdale and Eric Welch (top left center), Rupert Cecil (nearest camera) and Perrin (bottom center) and Rothwell (right, kneeling).
Subject(s): Equipment and supplies
Nuclear energy
World War II
Uranium oxides
Nuclear physics--Research
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Date Created: April 1945
Credit Line: Brookhaven National Laboratory, courtesy, AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Goudsmit Collection
Catalog ID: Goudsmit Samuel H7