Location of CP-1

Looking southeast from 56th and Ellis Avenues. View of west end of Stagg Field, University of Chicago. This was the location of CP-1, the world's first atomic pile. Beneath these stands on December 2, 1942, man initiated a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction and controlled it., Credit Line: Argonne National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Looking southeast from 56th and Ellis Avenues. View of west end of Stagg Field, University of Chicago. This was the location of CP-1, the world's first atomic pile. Beneath these stands on December 2, 1942, man initiated a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction and controlled it.
Subject(s): College campuses
Nuclear reactors
Credit Line: Argonne National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: University of Chicago H4