Rockefeller Memorial

Historical marker location:

Newfound Gap, Tennessee

( Marker is on Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) near Clingman's Dome Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1940

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, played a crucial role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It was also a key site for nuclear research during the Cold War.