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Of all the housing built in wartime Oak Ridge by the Civil Engineering Works, none presented more primitive conditions than the hutments. Only 14-feet by 14-feet in size, the hutments had dirt floors, coal stoves, and no glass windows. In summer when…

Even though fences remained in place and entry into the city was gained only by use of passes until 1949, an effort was made to normalize life in Oak Ridge after World War II. An example of such is seen in this photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tirpak who…