Ed Westcott facts for kids
James Edward Westcott (January 20, 1922 – March 29, 2019) was an American photographer. He is best known for working with the U.S. government during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. He was one of the few people allowed to have a camera in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee area during the Manhattan Project. He took the main photos that showed the construction and operation of Oak Ridge, and of non-military life in the secret community of Oak Ridge. The photos he took during the Manhattan Project were not allowed to be published until after the program ended.
Westcott was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He was married to Esther Seigenthaler for 56 years until her death. The couple had five children.
Westcott died on March 29, 2019 in Oak Ridge, at the age of 97.
Images for kids
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Westcott as a young man
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Westcott at work in the Clinton Engineer Works' darkroom in 1945
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Shift change at the Y-12 during the Manhattan Project
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Oak Ridge supermarket. Exhibited by National Archives with the title "Tulip Town Market, Grove Center"
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Calutron operators at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. This photo motivated Denise Kiernan to write Girls of Atomic City.
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Workers load uranium slugs into the X-10 Graphite Reactor's concrete face.
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