Miami Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 52,156 at the 2020 census.
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Miamisburg High School is a public high school located in Miamisburg, Ohio, United States, serving grades 9-12. The current principal is Michael Black. It is part of the Miamisburg City School District and is the only high school in Miamisburg. The school athletic teams are known as the Vikings and the school colors are royal blue and white.
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Miamisburg is a city in southern Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,923 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Dayton, it is part of the Dayton metropolitan area. Named after the Miami people, Miamisburg is known for its industrial history, particularly its nuclear operations during World War II.
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Miamisburg Mound is a conical Native American Mound in Miamisburg, Ohio. At 65 feet tall and 800 feet in circumference, it is the largest burial mound in the Eastern United States. Built atop a hill overlooking the Miami River, it is believed to have been built by the Adena Culture between 800BC and 100AD. An excavation in 1869 unearthed several skeletons surrounded by clay and charcoal and a collection of ceremonial goods, including pipes and animal effigies. Charles F. Kettering bought the mound and turned it into a park in 1920. It was turned over to the Ohio History Connection for preservation in 1929. The site is managed locally by the city of Miamisburg. Stairs have been built allowing access to the top of the mound and providing impressive views of the Dayton area. Mound Laboratories, originally part of the Manhattan Project, is located across the street and was named for the Miamisburg Mound.
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Mound Laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio was an Atomic Energy Commission facility for nuclear weapon research during the Cold War, named after the nearby Miamisburg Indian Mound.
The laboratory grew out of the World War II era Dayton Project where the neutron generating triggers for the first plutonium bombs were developed.
Post-war construction of a permanent site for Dayton Project activities began in 1947. The lab was originally known as the Dayton Engineer Works. The lab began operations in 1948 and was managed by Monsanto. Mound produced detonators, cable assemblies, timers, firing sets, and other equipment. In 1954, Mound began working with tritium. The lab disassembled bomb components, recovering the tritium within and sending it for repurification at Savannah River Site. Mound supplied enriched non-radioactive isotopes. The lab also produced plutonium-238-powered thermoelectric heat sources called SNAP or Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power for the U.S. space program.
Workers at the site were represented by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union.
Mound was declared a Superfund site and was put on the National Priorities list in 1989. In 2002, a decision was made to close the plant by 2006. Cleanup of the site began in 1995. Work with tritium ended in 1997. Cleanup of the site finished in 2010.
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Jacob's Church is a historic Lutheran church at 213 East Central Avenue in Miamisburg, Ohio.
It was built in 1864 and added to the National Register in 1990. The builders were Henry & David Groby who were considered "one of the best builders in the area".