Baker and Williams Company Information Location 113 Astor Street Newark, New Jersey Baker and Company processed radioactive platinum as part of the process of making polonium, which was needed for initiators in nuclear weapons. Baker and Co. also processed...
Wyckoff Drawn Steel Company Information Location Chicago, Illinois In 1943, the Metallurgical Laboratory conducted experiments of centerless grinding equipment on uranium. Wyckoff Drawn Steel surfaced two tubes and one rod, but their process was deemed to be too...
W. E. Pratt Manufacturing Company Information Location 18 Henderson Street Joliet, Illinois The W.E. Pratt Manufacturing Company performed metal fabrication tasks (machining and grinding) for the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory beginning in the spring...
Swenson Evaporator Company Information Location 4915 West 67th Street Harvey, Illinois Swenson Evaporator was scheduled to perform a raffinate spray drying test for National Lead Company of Ohio (NLO) on March 20, 1951. This test would have involved some radioactive...
Sciaky Brothers Incorporated Information Location 4915 West 67th Street Chicago, Illinois In 1953, Argonne National Laboratory suggested that Sciaky Brothers be used to perform a stitch welding operation for a uranium cord, zirconium clad specimen EBR irradiation. The...
R. Krasburg and Sons Manufacturing Company Information Location 2501 West Homer Street Chicago, Illinois In 1944, R. Krasburg entered into a subcontract with the University of Chicago for services and supplies for the Metallurgical Laboratory. The subcontract required... 