Stagg Field, University of Chicago

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athletic field historical site

Stagg Field at the University of Chicago is the historic site where the Manhattan Project’s Metallurgical Laboratory achieved the world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942.

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Label	Occurrences
Stagg Field, University of Chicago canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	athletic field ⓘ historical site ⓘ
associatedWith	Arthur H. Compton ⓘ Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ Enrico Fermi ⓘ Manhattan Project ⓘ Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Metallurgical Laboratory
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
coordinateLocation	41.789°N 87.599°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfSignificantEvent	1942-12-02 ⓘ
demolished	yes (original stadium) ⓘ
eraOfSignificance	World War II ⓘ early nuclear age ⓘ
formerFunction	home field of University of Chicago Maroons football team ⓘ
hasPart	Stagg Field playing field ⓘ Stagg Field squash courts ⓘ Stagg Field stands ⓘ
hasUse	American football ⓘ baseball ⓘ college athletics ⓘ recreation ⓘ track and field ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: National Historic Landmark (site of CP-1, former location)
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States University of Chicago ⓘ
namedAfter	Amos Alonzo Stagg ⓘ
notableEvent	Chicago Pile-1 first criticality ⓘ
notableFor	site of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Chicago ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Chicago ⓘ
partOf	University of Chicago ⓘ surface form: University of Chicago campus
significantEvent	construction of Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ baseball ⓘ track and field ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
usedBy	Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Metallurgical Laboratory
usedFor	Manhattan Project research ⓘ

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Met Lab → locationOfEvent → Stagg Field, University of Chicago ⓘ