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Illinois EEOICPA Facilities
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Baker and Williams Company Information
Location 113 Astor Street Newark, New JerseyBaker 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 unirradiated uranium scrap for the AEC to recover...
Wyckoff Drawn Steel Company Information
Location Chicago, IllinoisIn 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 expensive and too slow to be used in...
W. E. Pratt Manufacturing Company Information
Location 18 Henderson Street Joliet, IllinoisThe W.E. Pratt Manufacturing Company performed metal fabrication tasks (machining and grinding) for the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory beginning in the spring of 1943. The purpose of the machining done by...
Swenson Evaporator Company Information
Location 4915 West 67th Street Harvey, IllinoisSwenson 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 residue. The drums containing the...
Sciaky Brothers Incorporated Information
Location 4915 West 67th Street Chicago, IllinoisIn 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 documentation does not indicate whether...
R. Krasburg and Sons Manufacturing Company Information
Location 2501 West Homer Street Chicago, IllinoisIn 1944, R. Krasburg entered into a subcontract with the University of Chicago for services and supplies for the Metallurgical Laboratory. The subcontract required Krasburg to provide necessary personnel, facilities and...
Quality Hardware and Machine Company Information
Location 5823/5849 North Ravenswood Avenue Chicago, IllinoisIn 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...
Precision Extrusion Company Information
Location 720 East Green Avenue Bensenville, IllinoisPrecision Extrusion was involved in several projects for the Atomic Energy Commission and Argonne National Laboratory. From 1949 to 1950, it extruded experimental fuel channel tubes from aluminum and aluminum-lithium...
Podbeilniac Corporation Information
Location 5200 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago, IllinoisIn 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 site to oversee the decontamination of...
National Guard Armory Information
Location South Lakeshore Drive Chicago, IllinoisIn 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 to the State of Illinois.Although...
Museum of Science and Industry Information
Location 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IllinoisPortions of the East Pavilion of the Museum of Science and Industry were used by employees of the Metallurgical Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory. Although the facility was primarily used as...
Midwest Manufacturing Company Information
Location Ellis Avenue Galesburg, IllinoisA November 7, 1944, document indicates that Midwest Manufacturing worked on the "self-lubricating draw die" which was related to metal fabrication for the Manhattan Project. Alternative Names Maytag Company Type of Facility...
Metallurgical Laboratory Information
Location Chicago, IllinoisThe University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab) was involved in early uranium metallurgical work as part of the Manhattan Project. The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was achieved at the university in a "pile"...
Lindsay Light and Chemical Company Information
Location West Chicago, IllinoisLindsay Light and Chemical was a commercial processor of monazite sands, which yield several commercially valuable products, including the radioactive metal thorium. The Manhattan Engineer District and then the Atomic Energy Commission...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Information
Location 4700 West Montrose Dolton, IllinoisRecords indicate that Armour Research Foundation may have tested radioactive materials for National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald), specifically test quantities of materials other than metal (UF4 or ThO2). Alternative Names...
International Register Information
Location 1716 West Pershing Road Chicago, IllinoisInternational Register was involved in the development of uranium machining techniques for the Metallurgical Lab and the Manhattan Project. Records indicate that a test of centerless grinding equipment took place at...
GSA 39th Street Warehouse Information
Location 1716 West Perching Road Chicago, IllinoisThe 39th Street Warehouse was occupied by the Metallurgical Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory until approximately 1949. Activities in the building included the storage of radioactive materials. Alternative...
Great Lakes Carbon Corporation Information
Location 30th and State Streets Chicago, IllinoisIn 1952, the Great Lakes Carbon Corp. studied graphite for the Atomic Energy Commission and in 1958 it did some Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) fuel work for Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). As part of the...
General Steel Industries Information
Location Granite City, IllinoisFrom October 1952 through 1966, General Steel Castings/Industries performed quality control work for the AEC. Specifically, it x-rayed uranium ingots and betatron slices to detect metallurgical flaws for Mallinckrodt Chemical Company....
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Information
Location Batavia, IllinoisThe Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab for short) got its started as the National Accelerator Laboratory, which marks the year that the first employees were hired. Its name was formally changed to the Fermi National Accelerator...
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation Information
Location North Chicago, IllinoisFansteel Metallurgical Corp. performed beryllium work for the Manhattan Engineer District under Contract No. W-7425 eng-27 for the fabrication of beryllium into sintered shapes and for the manufacture of 600 bricks for delivery to Los...
ERA Tool and Engineering Information
Location 4555 West Addison Street Chicago, IllinoisFrom February 1944 through June 1944, ERA Tool and Engineering Company contracted with the University of Chicago to supply services and supplies to the Met Lab, specifically to provide necessary personnel, facilities,...
Dow Chemical Corporation Information
Location Madison, IllinoisThe Dow facility in Madison, Illinois, supplied the AEC with Magnesium-thorium sheets and plates, non radioactive equipment, metal products and other services. Dow received a purchase order from Mallinckrodt in March 1960, for research and...
Crane Company Information
Location 956 East 58th Street Chicago, IllinoisCrane Co. supplied the Atomic Energy Commission with uranium and thorium in the 1940s (and perhaps in the 1950s) and likely used materials containing uranium in manufacturing valves for the AEC. At the completion of one...
C-B Tool Products Company Information
Location Patterson Road Chicago, IllinoisFor 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,...
Blockson Chemical Company-Building 55 and Related Activities Information
Location 10 West 35th StreetJoliet, IllinoisBlockson Chemical Company operated a plant which produced uranium from phosphoric acid. The AEC contracted with Blockson for the recovery of the uranium, which was ultimately used in weapons production. The AEC Uranium...
Armour Research Foundation Information
Location 9700 S. Cass AvenueChicago, IllinoisRecords indicate that Armour Research Foundation may have tested radioactive materials for National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald), specifically test quantities of materials other than metal (UF4 or ThO2). Alternative Names...
Argonne National Laboratory-East Information
Location 9700 South Cass StreetArgonne, IllinoisArgonne is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest research centers. It is also the nation's first national laboratory, chartered in 1946. The Laboratory specializes in reactor engineering, reactor physics,...
American Machine and Metals Information
Location East Moline, IllinoisIn 1960, American Machine and Metals demonstrated a process for National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) that involved dehydration of green salt using a centrifuge process. Alternative Names Vapofier Corporation Type of Facility Atomic Weapons...
Allied Chemical Corporation Plant Information
Location Metropolis, IllinoisAfter World War II, many companies working for the United States Government produced UF6 feed for uranium enrichment and diffusion plants. The Allied Plant in Metropolis, IL was completed and initial deliveries began sometime in 1959. In...