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Project Gasbuggy experiment site map

  • Test Site Area

  • 1968

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Map of the Project Gasbuggy test site area, located in New Mexico, and environs.

Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El Paso Natural Gas Company, to determine if nuclear explosives could be used to extract natural gas. Project Gasbuggy was part of Project Plowshare, the AEC's effort to develop peacetime uses for nuclear explosives.

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  • 20.5 cm W x 25.5 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1, Folder 17

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“Project Gasbuggy Experiment Site Map,” 1968. Photographs from the Papers of Spofford Grady English, Box 1, Folder 17. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mjd1k6h.

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