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Los Alamos (Spanish: Los Álamos, meaning The Poplars) is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II.
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the New Mexico state park system. The system began with the establishment of Bottomless Lakes State Park on November 18, 1933. [1]
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area (Pajarito) is located on the north face of Pajarito Mountain, one of the Jemez Mountains in north central New Mexico, west of Los Alamos. It is located on 850 acres (3.4 km 2) of privately owned land. Pajarito Mountain is owned and operated by volunteers and Mountain Capital Partners.
Los Alamos County (English: "The Poplars" or "Cottonwoods"; Spanish: Condado de Los Álamos) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census , the population was 19,419. [ 1 ] The smallest county by area in the state, Los Alamos County was formerly administered exclusively by the U.S. federal government during the Manhattan ...
Included were aircraft, tank assembly, and ammunition plants; camps for 5.3 million soldiers; depots, ports, and hospitals; and the rapid construction of such landmark projects such as the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, Hanford and Oak Ridge among other places, and the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters across the Potomac from ...
Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons. A ...
It incorporates an 8 megawatt power generation facility owned by the Incorporated County of Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities. [1] El Vado Lake, the reservoir formed by the dam, has 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) and is surrounded by El Vado Lake State Park. The lake is a popular location for swimming, fishing and recreational boating. [11]
Location of Los Alamos County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Alamos County, New Mexico.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States.