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Cattledog

(6,338 posts) Fri Oct 27, 2023, 02:03 PM Oct 2023

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The Amazing Story of the Abandoned Westinghouse Atom Smasher in Pittsburgh

Only a short distance east of downtown Pittsburgh, you’ll find one of the most interesting and historically important abandoned places in PA: the Westinghouse Atom Smasher.

Located in a residential area of Forest Hills, the Westinghouse Atom Smasher is an iconic piece of the United States’ nuclear history. Today, however, it lies on its side, surrounded by piles of rubble composed of the building that once supported it.

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The Amazing Story of the Abandoned Westinghouse Atom Smasher in Pittsburgh (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2023 OP

A band I was in in the 90s practiced in a house a street away from this. johnp3907 Oct 2023 #1

Apparently that's the external pressure shell. eppur_se_muova Oct 2023 #2

Clean link... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #3

I'm surprised somebody hasn't used this to make an outside bar. flying_wahini Oct 2023 #4

Atom Smasher was the name of my Smashing Pumpkins cover band in college. nt Javaman Oct 2023 #5

johnp3907

(3,890 posts)

1. A band I was in in the 90s practiced in a house a street away from this.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 02:27 PM

Oct 2023

We called ouselves The Atom Panic.

eppur_se_muova

(37,420 posts)

2. Apparently that's the external pressure shell.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 02:46 PM

Oct 2023

I kind of doubt if the van de Graff generator is still inside; more likely it was dismantled for parts and materials.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,590 posts)

3. Clean link...

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 03:29 PM

Oct 2023

https://uncoveringpa.com/westinghouse-atom-smasher-pittsburgh

flying_wahini

(8,013 posts)

4. I'm surprised somebody hasn't used this to make an outside bar.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Oct 28, 2023, 08:16 AM

Oct 2023

Only half joking.

Javaman

(63,109 posts)

5. Atom Smasher was the name of my Smashing Pumpkins cover band in college. nt

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Mon Oct 30, 2023, 07:08 AM

Oct 2023

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