James C. Stowers

Unit ChiefWashington, DC

K-25 PlantManhattan, NY

EngineerGovernment OfficialManhattan Project Veteran

Listen to James C. Stowers’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Lt. Col. James C. Stowers was an engineer in the Army Corps of Engineers and became the unit chief for the K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Stowers and his staff of officers were headquartered in the Woolworth Building in New York. Stowers negotiated the divide between civilian and military contributors, and worked intimately with the Kellex Corporation, Union Carbide Company, and the Houdaille-Hershey Company to produce a suitable barrier for the gaseous diffusion project.

James C. Stowers’s Timeline

1943 Jan1945 Appointed Unit Chief of the K-25 Gaseous Diffusion plant.

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