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The control bunker, Los Alamos.


Reference: Bretscher Papers, BRER A. 62. a/0204

The control bunker. The south bunker was the control centre for the test. It was one of three observation points built at 10,000 yards from ground zero. The automatic firing device was triggered from the control bunker and Robert Oppenheimer watched the test from there.