6places
6businesses
1951oldest
4still open
2gone
Mercury on When It Was is 6 addresses and the 6 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1951. 4 are still open today; 2 are gone. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Mercury, Nevada
Area 23, Nevada Test Site · 1951–present
Nevada National Security Site
232 Energy Way · 1951–present
Nevada National Security Site Tours
Nevada National Security Site · 1951–present
Sedan Crater
Area 10, Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site · 1962–present
Doom Town / Survival Town
Frenchman Flat, Area 5, Nevada Test Site · 1955–1955
News Nob
West of Yucca Lake, Nevada Test Site · 1952–1962
Mercury, decade by decade
- 1950s5 opened — Nevada National Security Site Tours, Doom Town / Survival Town, News Nob, Mercury, Nevada, and 1 moreSee the map in 1955 →
- 1960s
Still here, and gone
Still open (4)
- Nevada National Security Site Tours 1951–present
- Mercury, Nevada 1951–present
- Nevada National Security Site 1951–present
- Sedan Crater 1962–present
Gone (2)
- News Nob 1952–1962
- Doom Town / Survival Town 1955–1955
By kind of place
Historic Site (5)
Nevada National Security Site Tours · Doom Town / Survival Town · News Nob · Sedan Crater · Nevada National Security Site
Town (1)
Every place in Mercury (6)
- Doom Town / Survival Town Frenchman Flat, Area 5, Nevada Test Site · 1955–1955
- Mercury, Nevada Area 23, Nevada Test Site · 1951–present
- Nevada National Security Site 232 Energy Way · 1951–present
- Nevada National Security Site Tours Nevada National Security Site · 1951–present
- News Nob West of Yucca Lake, Nevada Test Site · 1952–1962
- Sedan Crater Area 10, Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site · 1962–present
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