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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 374738, member: 37&quot;]Was just on the University of Chicago campus with a friend.&nbsp; He is from NYC so no knowledge of the University.&nbsp; I mentioned to him that it was the birthplace of the Nuclear age with the Pile-1 experiment and that there was a monument on the original site somewhere.&nbsp; Low and behold, a couple blocks later we find the monument with this sculpture by Henry Moore, entitled, <i>Nuclear Energy</i>.&nbsp; It is now the site of their library with the dome portion in the background here (pic is not mine).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128982[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a drawing of the original experiment that changed our world.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjMhs3Pt-LbAhVm9IMKHSDIAUoQjRx6BAgBEAU&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fhow-first-man-made-nuclear-reactor-reshaped-science-and-society-180967557%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw2UskiUXzuHAajeiTgr_SOO&amp;ust=1529590249328106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjMhs3Pt-LbAhVm9IMKHSDIAUoQjRx6BAgBEAU&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fhow-first-man-made-nuclear-reactor-reshaped-science-and-society-180967557%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw2UskiUXzuHAajeiTgr_SOO&amp;ust=1529590249328106" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/crbzkXUSTZi70UfOKy5bEwVFf7U=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/5c/74/5c7461ba-6ccd-4a4d-a6bd-849a9da3a18d/nukes4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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