Photographs of the burial place of the world's first nuclear reactor, [1971 Fall]

  • Collection ID X.1785.1992
  • Creator Names Long, Robert, photographer. pht
  • Title Photographs of the burial place of the world's first nuclear reactor [graphic].
  • Dates [1971 Fall]
  • Physical description 5 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Collection summary Images of a stone marker for the burial place of the first nuclear reactor in Red Gate Woods, which is part of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and located near the town of Lemont in DuPage County. This site was called Argonne, but it is not the later site of Argonne National Laboratory. Collection also includes a view of the abandoned building that housed the nuclear reactor, released from Argonne National Laboratory in 1956.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Barbara Denemark Long (X.1785.1992).
  • Names Argonne National Laboratory.
  • Subjects
    • Historical markers Illinois 1970-1979. lctgm
    • Nuclear reactors Illinois. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill
    • Lemont (Ill.) 1970-1979.
  • Genre Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois.