The passage reads: "Tell me." he said, "about that business. The noise sounding higher when the train comes close." "It was explained out to me by a man I know, place in Tennessee called Oak Ridge," I said. "It's about what they call sound waves, and some way it works with light, too. Don't rightly catch on how, but they can measure how far it is to the stars thataway.”

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 18:04:52 UTC Robert McNees

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   Anything could be hiding back in those woods!

   That's one of the reasons Oak Ridge was chosen as a site for the Manhattan Project. Remote, hard to find anything, easy access to plentiful hydroelectric power because of the TVA.

   Related: Oak Ridge was remote and mysterious enough to get a mention in Manly Wade Wellman's "John the Balladeer" stories. In "The Little Black Train," John mentions learning about the Doppler Effect from "a man I know, place in Tennessee called Oak Ridge."