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...
Precision Extrusion Company Information Location 720 East Green Avenue Bensenville, Illinois Precision Extrusion was involved in several projects for the Atomic Energy Commission and Argonne National Laboratory. From 1949 to 1950, it extruded experimental fuel channel...
Podbeilniac Corporation Information Location 5200 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago, Illinois In 1957, National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald) used equipment at the Podbeilniac Corp. to conduct an extraction experiment using uranium in solution. NLO later traveled to the...
National Guard Armory Information Location South Lakeshore Drive Chicago, Illinois In the 1940s, the Manhattan Project leased the National Guard Armory from the State of Illinois for uranium processing and radioactive material storage. In 1951, the site was returned...
Museum of Science and Industry Information Location 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois Portions of the East Pavilion of the Museum of Science and Industry were used by employees of the Metallurgical Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory....
Midwest Manufacturing Company Information Location Ellis Avenue Galesburg, Illinois A November 7, 1944, document indicates that Midwest Manufacturing worked on the “self-lubricating draw die” which was related to metal fabrication for the Manhattan... 