 Westcott was the 29th employee hired for the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge , where he was to work as an official government photographer from 1942 to 1966 . During much of World War II he was employed by the Roane @-@ Anderson Company , under contract to the Army Corps . As well as photographing the construction and mechanical workings of the X @-@ 10 , K @-@ 25 , Y @-@ 12 , and S @-@ 50 production facilities , he photographed civilian activities in Oak Ridge for the community 's Army @-@ sponsored weekly newspaper , the Oak Ridge Journal . All of Westcott 's wartime photos were produced with either a Speed Graphic or an 8x10 Deardorff view camera . 
