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Project Gasbuggy Experiment Site
- Circa 1967
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Small JPG1200 x 968px — 226 KBLarge JPG2880 x 2323px — 961 KBFull-sized JPG6237 x 5030px — 3.1 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 6237 x 5030px — 89.8 MBBlack and white photograph of the Project Gasbuggy experiment site. Aerial view shows rig and drilling in progress.
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. “Project Gasbuggy Experiment Site,” circa 1967. Photographs from the Papers of Spofford Grady English, Box 1, Folder 17. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/q900o9d.
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