Anaconda, New Mexico
Ville fantôme · États-Unis
- Abandonné
- inconnu
- Fondé
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordonnées
- 35.252, -107.947
Pourquoi abandonné
☢️ Catastrophe
Détecté automatiquement d’après le texte : Contrary to reports, none of the homes were built using "radioactive" material from the plant.
Histoire
Anaconda was a small mining community in Cibola County, New Mexico. The town came into existence in the early 1950s when the Anaconda Copper Company of Butte, Montana opened up a uranium ore processing plant 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Grants, along Route 66, to process ore from the Jackpile Mine, then the world's largest open-pit uranium mine. Anaconda was the site of somewhere around 100 homes for the supervisors and management of the company. The Mill was also located on the same property. Contrary to reports, none of the homes were built using "radioactive" material from the plant. Referred to by the residents as "Camp", a carryover from the original tents used as temporary housing during the initial establishment of the operations. The housing was built in three phases. The first group of about 35 houses was constructed of cinderblock walls and had exposed beam ceilings.
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