Image: German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945

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Description: German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945 The original caption reads: Dismantling the German experimental nuclear pile at Haigerloch, 50 km S.W of Stuttgart, April 1945. Rupert Cecil nearest camera, 'Bimbo' Norman* extreme right, Eric Welsh standing on outer rim, the second man behind Cecil * Professor Frederick Norman, University of London en:David Irving - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster from: Most Secret War by R. V. Jones - Coronet - 1981 - ISBN 0-340-24169-1 - Plate 30 between pages 396 and 397 - and credited to ... courtesy David Irving Caption in Goudsmit, Alsos (pp. 174-175) reads: Alsos team dismantling "uranium machine" in cave at Haigerloch. Uranium cubes are in the center, surrounded by graphite. Pitching in are Lansdale and Welch (top left center), Cecil and Perrin (bottom center) and Rothwell (right, kneeling). Coutersy Brookhaven National laboratory, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Goudsmit Collection http://photos.aip.org/history/Thumbnails/goudsmit_samuel_h7.jpg
Title: German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945
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