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Technician controlling land-based prototype nuclear power plant for USS Triton, 1958
Image Not Available for Technician controlling land-based prototype nuclear power plant for USS Triton, 1958

Technician controlling land-based prototype nuclear power plant for USS Triton, 1958

PhotographerPhotographed by Frank Lorenzo American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by United Press International American, founded 1907
Date1958 August 19
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph in the collection of United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption. Photograph provided by the General Electric Company.

Caption: GR081901-8/19/58-GROTON, CONN.: A technician operates the control of the land-based prototype nuclear power plant for the world's largest submarine, the Triton which will be launched, 8/19. The prototype is located at the West Milton, N.Y., test site of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.333.5
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Gift of Ursula Korzenik, 2004.142.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Stephen Tall
1980