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Gasbuggy Emplacement Hole
- 1968
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Small JPG1200 x 1480px — 278 KBLarge JPG2880 x 3552px — 1.1 MBFull-sized JPG5076 x 6260px — 2.8 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 5076 x 6260px — 91.0 MBBlack and white photograph of the Signal Drilling Company rig that bored the device emplacement hole for Project Gasbuggy. Also shows the first test hole drilled at the site.
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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Project Gasbuggy (U.S.). Joint Office of Information. “Gasbuggy Emplacement Hole,” 1968. Photographs from the Papers of Spofford Grady English, Box 1, Folder 17. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/p4irjt9.
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