Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Arthur L. Watmough

Electrical Engineer Deepwater, NJ

Manhattan Project Veteran
Arthur Watmough

Arthur Watmough was an electrical engineer working for the DuPont Chamberworks Company in New Jersey from 1941 to 1947. Watmough was an assistant to the superintendent of electrical maintenance. His primary responsibilities were maintaining plant utlities such as the compressed air lines, electrical transmission, gas, water, and steam piping.  

A certificate verifying Arthur Watmough's service to the Manhattan Project from US Secretary of War Henry Stimson

Related Profiles

J. C. Blackerby

Oak Ridge, TN

J. C. Blackerby worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

Lucille McQuillan

Los Alamos, NM

James E. Barton

Hanford, WA

James Barton worked as a carpenter for the DuPont Company at the Hanford, Washington site. He never knew he was working on the atomic bomb until after it was dropped in Japan.

Maurice C. Cangilla

Tinian Island

Maurice C. Cangilla served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.