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Sarah F. Bailey

Gauge WatcherOak Ridge, TN

K-25 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
Sarah Bailey

Sarah Bailey was very young when she went to work at the K-25 plant in Oak Ridge.  She was employed by Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation, a contractor in the gaseous diffusion operation, in 1945.  Sarah was always very proud of the role she played in bringing about an end to World War II. 

Sarah Bailey's ID from the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation 

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