Chicago Pile-1

world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality, part of the Manhattan Project, the Allied effort to create atomic bombs during World War II
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Chicago Pile-1
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Chicago Pile-1

Summary

Chicago Pile-1 is an atomic pile[1]. It draws 775 Wikipedia views per month (atomic_pile category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chicago Pile-1 is located in Illinois[3].
  • Chicago Pile-1 is in the country of United States[4].
  • Chicago Pile-1's image is recorded as Stagg Field reactor.jpg[5].
  • Chicago Pile-1's instance of is recorded as atomic pile[6].
  • Chicago Pile-1's designed by is recorded as Enrico Fermi[7].
  • Chicago Pile-1's part of is recorded as Manhattan Project[8].
  • Chicago Pile-1's Commons category is recorded as Chicago Pile-1[9].
  • Chicago Pile-1's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.792222, 'lon': -87.600833}[10].
  • Chicago Pile-1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047m76[11].
  • Chicago Pile-1's NRHP reference number is recorded as 66000314[12].
  • Chicago Pile-1's service entry is recorded as +1942-12-02T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Chicago Pile-1's service retirement is recorded as +2023-02-28T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Chicago Pile-1's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Chicago-Pile-No-1[15].
  • Chicago Pile-1's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark[16].
  • Chicago Pile-1's heritage designation is recorded as Chicago Landmark[17].
  • Chicago Pile-1's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[18].
  • Chicago Pile-1's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00241414n[19].
  • Chicago Pile-1's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Chicago_Pile-1[20].
  • Chicago Pile-1's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780804707[21].

Why It Matters

Chicago Pile-1 draws 775 Wikipedia views per month (atomic_pile category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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