Quality Hardware and Machine Company Information
Location
5823/5849 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
In 1944, Quality Hardware had a contract to support the University of Chicago. The company canned experimental unbonded uranium slugs for Hanford and may have canned all of the slugs used in the Hanford production reactors during World War II.
Alternative Names
- Ravenswood Venture
- Marden Manufacturing
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1944-1945
Did work for:
- Hanford
DOE
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