Westinghouse Lamp Plant, Bloomfield

#9 among attractions in Bloomfield

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The Westinghouse Lamp Plant located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, was one of the lamp manufacturing plants of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The plant had a major involvement in supplying uranium metal for the world's first self-sustaining chain reaction in Chicago in the early phase of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb. ()

Coordinates: 40°46'53"N, 74°11'45"W

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East Orange (Presidential Estates)Bloomfield United States

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Westinghouse Lamp Plant – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Branch Brook Park, Watsessing Park, East Orange, Bloomfield Green Historic District.

1.5 miSE
Park
Branch Brook Park, Newark
38 min walk • Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States, located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. A portion of the park is also located within the Township of Belleville.
0.6 miNW
Park
Watsessing Park, Bloomfield
15 min walk • Watsessing Park is a park in Essex County, New Jersey, in the city of East Orange and the Watsessing section of Bloomfield Township.
1.3 miSW
City, Area
East Orange, Newark
35 min walk • East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population was 64,270, reflecting a decline of 5,554 from the 69,824 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 3,728 from the 73,552 counted in the 1990 Census.
1.1 miN
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture
Bloomfield Green Historic District, Bloomfield
27 min walk • Bloomfield Green Historic District is a historic district located in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1978.
1 miN
Universities and schools
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield
25 min walk • Bloomfield College is a private college in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Bloomfield College is chartered by the State of New Jersey and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
1 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Baseball field
Newark Schools Stadium, Newark
26 min walk • Newark Schools Stadium is the name of two stadiums that were both located on Bloomfield Avenue between Abingdon and Roseville Avenues in the Roseville section of Newark, New Jersey. The first stadium was used primarily for football and was built in 1925.