C-B Tool Products Company Information
Location
Patterson Road
Chicago, Illinois
For a six month period in 1944, C-B Tool Products Company had a subcontract with the University of Chicago to provide personnel, facilities, and equipment to produce special machining of parts for special equipment, tools, jigs, and fixtures to the Met Lab from materials provided by the University of Chicago. It is unclear whether the company handled radioactive materials.
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1944
Contractors
- University of Chicago
Did work for:
- Metallurgical Laboratory
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