Today, the complex lies abandoned, and the atom smasher itself lies toppled to the ground.

They also had divisions on metallurgy, magnetics, physics chemistry and mechanics.

Company officials embarked on this ambitious program in pure research with the faith that practical applications would follow.

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

Nautilus, was launched with a Westinghouse nuclear reactor powering it.

By the 1970s, the majority of power plants around the world used Westinghouse designs.

The inside of the Atom Smasher.

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

That too shut down in the 1980s.

They demolished the remaining buildings and the iconic atom smasher fell to the ground.

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

Westinghouse Atom Smasher