- Stagg Field
Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different football fields for the
University of Chicago . The earliest Stagg Field is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement byEnrico Fermi during theManhattan Project . The site of the first nuclear reaction received designation as aNational Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965. OnOctober 15 ,1966 , which is the day that theNational Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted creating theNational Register of Historic Places , it was added to that as well. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm National Register Information System] , National Register of Historic Places, "National Park Service". Retrieved11 February 2007 .] The site was named aChicago Landmark onOctober 27 ,1971 . [cite web|url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/S/SiteNuclear.html|accessdate=March 31|accessyear=2007|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|date=2003|title=Site of the First Self-Sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction]First nuclear chain reaction
On
December 2 ,1942 Enrico Fermi and his team set off the firstnuclear chain reaction at Chicago Pile-1 in a racquets court under the west stands of the abandoned stadium. The old Stagg Field plot of land is currently home to theRegenstein Library . AHenry Moore sculpture, "Nuclear Energy", in a small quadrangle commemorates the nuclear experiment. [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=204&ResourceType=Site Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction] , NHL Database, "National Historic Landmarks Program". Retrieved11 February 2007 .]ports venue
First Stagg Field
in 1946. The stadium was demolished in 1957.fact|date=February 2007
New Stagg Field
The current Stagg Field is an athletic field located several blocks to the northwest that preserves the Stagg Field name, as well as a relocated gate from the original facility. The school's current
Division III football team uses the new field as their home. Stagg Field has a seating capacity of 1,650.ee also
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External links
* [http://www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/CP1/index.shtml AtomicArchive.com] Photographs from assembling the pile
* [http://www.anl.gov/Science_and_Technology/History/Anniversary_Frontiers/10photo.html Drawing of the first atomic pile] Artist drawing of CP-1
* [http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/firstpile/index.shtml The Story of the First Pile]
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