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October 30, 2009

Scientists unearth Hanford construction workers' trash

  • Archaeologists are studying the artifacts for clues to how the workers spent their lives while building the Manhattan Project.
    • By ANNETTE CARY
    Tri-City Herald

    AP Photo/Bob Brawdy, Tri-City Herald [enlarge]
    Workers in protective equipment sifted for artifacts last week at a dump site used by construction workers building the Manhattan Project.

    RICHLAND, Benton County — A glass beer bottle with a faded label that says “brewed in Walla Walla.” Two children's marbles. A 1938 Buick Roadmaster hubcap. Heavy white ceramic shaving mugs.


     
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