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"Little red schoolhouse" history question (crosspost from s.s.h.)
In article , Ian Stirling wrote:
Umm... No. A research reactor in a pool bears almost no resemblence to a power reactor. IIRC, the first reactor was built on a tennis (badminton?) court. Was the court restored to its former usage afterwards, and does it still exist? Univeristy of Chicago squash court, if memory serves. [googles] Fermi built the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear pile there, in late 1942. The squash court was in the West Stands at Stagg Field, Chicago; the building was torn down in 1960, and a bronze scuplture built on the site in 1967. Can't find out if anyone played squash there in the interveing eighteen years, though... -- -Andrew Gray |
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"Little red schoolhouse" history question (crosspost from s.s.h.)
In article , Andrew Gray wrote:
The squash court was in the West Stands at Stagg Field, Chicago; the building was torn down in 1960, and a bronze scuplture built on the site in 1967. Can't find out if anyone played squash there in the interveing eighteen years, though... Following up - Stagg Field kept being described as "abandoned" in the cites, so it may well not have been used at all post-Fermi. -- -Andrew Gray |
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"Little red schoolhouse" history question (crosspost from s.s.h.)
Andrew Gray wrote:
In article , Andrew Gray wrote: The squash court was in the West Stands at Stagg Field, Chicago; the building was torn down in 1960, and a bronze scuplture built on the site in 1967. Can't find out if anyone played squash there in the interveing eighteen years, though... Following up - Stagg Field kept being described as "abandoned" in the cites, so it may well not have been used at all post-Fermi. It wasn't used pre-Fermi. U of C had forsworn athletics, hence the stadium was unused, and available for building the pile. D. -- The STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found at the following URLs: Text-Only Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html Enhanced HTML Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html Corrections, comments, and additions should be e-mailed to , as well as posted to sci.space.history and sci.space.shuttle for discussion. |
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"Little red schoolhouse" history question (crosspost from s.s.h.)
Derek Lyons wrote:
It wasn't used pre-Fermi. U of C had forsworn athletics, hence the stadium was unused, and available for building the pile. When building the pile, they found a stash of raccoon coats in the stadium, which the guards wore. Paul |
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