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Hallie N. Perry

ElectricianOak Ridge, TN

K-25 PlantX-10 Graphite ReactorY-12 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

Hallie Perry was an electrician at Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the Watson-Flagg Engineering Company from 1943 to 1945. Perry was involved in the construction of the X-10 graphite reactor and both the Y-12 and K-25 Plants. He stayed in Oak Ridge after the war and resided ther until his death in 1964. 

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