Los Alamos Lab's Surplus Nuclear Research Materials Sold by 'The Black Hole'

The Black Hole front entrance

An aisle. This is the trailer of some of Ed’s favorite stuff that isn’t for sale. Awesome items include a can of U.S. Gov’t Emergeny Drinking Water, nixie tubes, and an electron microscope. Ask to go into this trailer.

One of the thousands of piles of stuff

The Black Hole front entrance

An aisle. This is the trailer of some of Ed’s favorite stuff that isn’t for sale. Awesome items include a can of U.S. Gov’t Emergeny Drinking Water, nixie tubes, and an electron microscope. Ask to go into this trailer.

One of the thousands of piles of stuff

The Black Hole front entrance

An aisle. This is the trailer of some of Ed’s favorite stuff that isn’t for sale. Awesome items include a can of U.S. Gov’t Emergeny Drinking Water, nixie tubes, and an electron microscope. Ask to go into this trailer.

One of the thousands of piles of stuff

The Black Hole front entrance

An aisle. This is the trailer of some of Ed’s favorite stuff that isn’t for sale. Awesome items include a can of U.S. Gov’t Emergeny Drinking Water, nixie tubes, and an electron microscope. Ask to go into this trailer.

One of the thousands of piles of stuff

About

The Black Hole sells surplus equipment acquired from the Los Alamos National Laboratories.

They sell everything from 1950's era oscilloscopes to liquid nitrogen dewars, from dials, knobs & calculators to A-bomb detonator cables. It is a museum of nuclear research where everything is for sale.

Update March, 2017: This business is no longer in operation.

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