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 by Enrico Fermi during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first nuclear reaction received designation as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965. On October 15, 1966, which is the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted creating the National 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". Retrieved 11 February 2007.] The site was named a Chicago Landmark on October 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 first nuclear 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 the Regenstein Library. A Henry 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". Retrieved 11 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

* SCRAM

References

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]