The Amazing Story of the Abandoned Westinghouse Atom Smasher in Pittsburgh

[Cattledog]

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.

https://uncoveringpa.com/westinghouse-atom-smasher-pittsburgh?fbclid=IwAR3fGdZDQ16uP46JkiWcQ1EhPdLKDYHNCbNVqOFRLSGiZYQ1Rc_6MjivDfg

[johnp3907]

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

We called ouselves The Atom Panic.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Apparently that's the external pressure shell.

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]

3. Clean link...

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

[flying_wahini]

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

Only half joking.

[Javaman]

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