Lawrence Denton

Reactor OperatorHanford, WA

B Reactor/100 Area

Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Lawrence Denton’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

A native of Northern Idaho, Larry Denton was recruited by his father to work on the B Reactor in Hanford, Washington. At the age of twenty-one, Denton served as a shipping clerk, where he received and issued welding gases. Later on, Denton worked as a reactor operator at B Reactor

Lawrence Denton’s Timeline

19441945 Helped tear down Camp Hanford.

1948 Transferred to the 100 F area.

Related Profiles

Douglas Paul Meigs

Philadelphia, PA

Douglas Meigs was a civilian chemical engineer working for H. K. Ferguson, the company that built and operated the S-50 Thermal Diffusion facility at Oak Ridge.

R. E. Tomilson

Hanford, WA

Glenna N. Kost

Los Alamos, NM

Glenna Kost was a member of the Women's Auxillary Corps (WAC) and worked with supply and receiving at Los Alamos.

Margaret Bice

Los Alamos, NM

Margaret Bice was married to engineer Richard A. Bice. She and Richard moved to Los Alamos in 1944 when he joined the Manhattan Project.