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A Cathedral of Science: B Reactor (1944)

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  • Title A Cathedral of Science: B Reactor (1944)
  • Category Photography
  • Medium Silver Gelatin Print, Selenium Toned
  • Dimensions 16"h x 20"w
  • Framed Dimensions 24"h x 30"w
  • Year Completed 2017
  • Description This is the loading face of B Reactor (1944), the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor which produced the plutonium for the Trinity Test in Los Alamos, New Mexico and the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -The Artist From the series, "Manhattan Project National Historical Park; Hanford, Washington"
  • Artist Harley Cowan American b. 1971
  • Credit University Purchase
  • Location Library 1st floor hallway
  • Accession Number 2023.0052
  • Status Checked Out
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