Stagg Field, University of Chicago

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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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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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