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The Abandoned Westinghouse Atom Smasher
October 21, 2020
Of all the things that you might encounter lying about abandoned, a nuclear particle accelerator would be my last guess. And yet… the 65-foot Westinghouse Atom Smasher reclines on its side outside Pittsburgh, easily accessible for mind-blowing pictures. Once a symbol of pride for residents and the industrial science community at large, the atom smasher (way cooler nomenclature in my view) brought me all the way from Brooklyn as I worried it would soon be gone or restored. So like a birthday gift it was there waiting for me.
Innards. The local fellas at the bar across the street said they had climbed all the way in. I didn’t really see the point in that.
Amid the rubble of the old Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s research facility.
I did want to climb it…
Another reason to love Pittsburgh. And there are many more to come.