| File Name |
Caption |
| aec.jpg |
The April 1, 1966
Site Inspection of Weston, IL. From left; Glenn Seaborg, Chairman AEC, Governor
Otto Kerner, Village President Arthur Theriault, Senator Paul Douglas |
| normbob.jpg |
Norman
Ramsey and Robert Rathbun Wilson, two founding fathers. |
| lbj.jpg |
Leon Lederman, supporter
of a national laboratory, receives the National Medal of Science from President
Lyndon Johnson in December, 1965. |
| ramsey.jpg |
Norman
Ramsey led the General Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission
and later was President of Universities Research Association. |
| report.jpg
|
The Ramsey Report
advising the AEC |
| jointcom.jpg |
The seal of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
| westsign.jpg |
Weston Sign |
| farhous.jpg |
The Kuhn Farm on
Batavia Road welcomed visitors to the Weston, Illinois site. |
| farmaer.jpg |
Schimelpfenig Farm
at the center of what would become the Main Ring. |
| buffalo.jpg |
Buffalo |
| props.jpg |
Four of the 200
site proposals for the national laboratory |
| File Name |
Caption |
| bobmag.jpg |
R.R. Wilson, veteran
of the Manhattan Project and creator of NAL. |
| jane.jpg |
Mrs. Jane S. Wilson,
at home on the frontier. |
| bobed.jpg |
RR Wilson and Edwin
L. Goldwasser. |
| oakbrook.jpg |
The Oak Brook executive
Office Plaza, home of NAL in 1967 and 1968. |
| bobcasey.jpg |
Robert R. Wilson
and AEC representative K.C. Brooks. |
| tommag.jpg |
Tom Collins, accelerator
expert and NAL pioneer. |
| phil.jpg |
Don Young and Phil
Livdahl. |
| ofmodel.jpg |
DUSAF - designers
and developers of the Weston site. |
| andy.jpg |
AEC friend of NAL,
Andy Mravca |
| mugs.jpg |
Some of the early
NAL corps, 1969. |
| float.jpg |
Employees represent
NAL in the 4th of July parade, 1969. |
| plane.jpg |
The TAT Program
helped train minority students for technical jobs at NAL. |
| halbert.jpg |
Hal Landers works
on a Main Ring Magnet prototype. |
| bobarm.jpg |
Wilson addressed
the staff at the All Employee Meetings in the Village, 1969. |
| report.jpg |
Cover
of the January 1968 Design Report detailing for Congress how the 200 GeV
accelerator would work. A plain white cover version was submitted to the
Atomic Energy Commission and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. This
original version, conceived by Wilson, using Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing,
was designed by Angela Gonzales and subsequently distributed to laboratory
staff and users. |
|
willect.jpg
umeet.jpg
|
Users
at work and at play. Above: RR Wilson speaks at the second annual Users
Meeting in 1968. Below: (from left) Alvin Tollestrup, Leon Lederman, and
Robert Wilson enjoy the Users' Meeting Bar-B-Que. |
| File Name |
Caption |
| vilaer.jpg |
The NAL Village,
1969. |
| vilstorm.jpg |
The Weston Landscape,
1969. |
| westmyr.jpg |
Local representatives
of Weston with Mayor Arthur Theriault and NAL Assistant Director Frank Cole,
late 1968. |
| hometow.jpg |
Moving a house to
another location in the Village, 1969 |
| housemov.jpg |
Moving a farmhouse
to Sauk Circle, 1970. |
| bubnight.jpg |
The air building
by night. |
| inbubble.jpg |
First meeting of
the Main Ring Section in the new air building |
| erniebob.jpg |
Ernie Malamud and
Robert R. Wilson discussing Main Ring magnet laminations. |
| flag.jpg |
First flag raising
ceremony in the Village, September 1968. |
| bobgrp.jpg |
The Director welcomes
the Staff to the Village, September 1968 |
| strsign.jpg |
Village streets
were renamed to recall Illinois' Native American Heritage. |
| firedept.jpg |
The NAL Fire Department
near Kuhn Barn in the Village, 1969. |
| machshop.jpg |
Early view of the
Village Machine Shop. |
| mrhouse.jpg |
Lighting up the
Main Ring, December 1969. |
| govgrp.jpg |
Transfer of the
NAL site from the State of Illinois to the AEC, 1969 |
| buffalo.jpg |
Since 1969, a herd
of buffalo has been kept on site as part of the laboratory's preservation
efforts. |
| mplan.jpg |
Master plan of the
NAL site. |
| File Name |
Caption |
| digging.jpg |
Robert Wilson and
Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, AEC, breaking ground for the Linear Accelerator. |
| aerial.jpg |
Aerial view of new
roads and excavation for Booster Enclosure at NAL, September 1969. |
| gbreak.jpg |
Groundbreaking for
the Main Ring, October 1969. |
| boostcon.jpg |
Connecting the Booster
to the Main Ring. |
| feret.jpg |
Felicia, the ferret,
early cleaning crew at NAL First Magnet |
| fmag.jpg |
Installation of
the first magnet in the Main Ring, April 1970 |
| lmag.jpg |
Celebration for
completion of final magnet for Main Ring, 1971. |
| controls.jpg |
Goldwasser and Wilson
at the Controls, 1971-72 |
| chart.jpg |
Wilson
charting progress. |
| civeng.jpg |
ASCE Award to NAL
for construction of the 200 GeV Accelerator, 1972 |
| scope.jpg |
200 GeV |
| wiltoast.jpg |
From the 200 GeV
control room celebration, March 1972 |
| File Name |
Caption |
| map.jpg |
NAL Master Site
Plan - October 1, 1971 - Including some future experimental areas that were
never built. |
| poles.jpg |
Wilson's prairie
power poles, 1970. |
| beam.jpg |
Bringing the proton
beam to the Proton Area. |
| aerial.jpg |
The Fixed Target
Experimental Areas fan out in tangents away from the Main Ring. |
| meson.jpg |
The Meson Laboratory
under construction, 1972. |
| mesare.jpg |
The completed Meson
Laboratory. |
| horn.jpg |
The neutrino beam
Horn. |
| apannel.jpg |
Triangular popcan
panels form the geodesic dome roof of the Neutrino Lab. |
| aframe.jpg |
Construction of
the 15 Foot Bubble Chamber Assembly Building, 1971 |
| bubcham.jpg |
The 15 Foot Bubble
Chamber installation in the Neutrino Area. |
| neutrino.jpg |
The Neutrino Area
and its colorful geodesic dome |
| neunod.jpg |
The interior of
the geodesic dome atop the Neutrino Laboratory. |
| capac.jpg |
The Capacitor Tree
at the Master Substation. |
| pagoda.jpg |
The distinctive
pagoda of the Proton Lab Area |
| users.jpg |
Users of the Proton
Lab, including two future Directors. |
| russians.jpg |
Experimenters from
E36, proton-proton elastic scattering in the internal target area, carried
out by an American - Soviet team. |
| File Name |
Caption |
| aerial.jpg |
The View from above,
pre Highrise. |
| drafts.jpg
|
DUSAF design team
at work in Oak Brook. |
| emodel.jpg |
One proposal for
the Central Laboratory. |
| coreplan.jpg |
Aerial view of tentative
plan for core area of the National Accelerator Laboratory. |
| design.jpg |
Early advertising
attracted an educated work force to NAL. |
| model.jpg |
Model of proposed
Central Laboratory. |
| rebar.jpg |
Highrise construction,
1972 |
| forms.jpg |
Highrise construction,
1972 |
| openrise.jpg |
Highrise construction,
1972. |
| vilcrier.jpg |
International participants
came to the unfinished Highrise for their meeting in 1972. |
| music.jpg |
First musical performance
in Ramsey Auditorium for 1972 Rochester Conference. |
| sun.jpg |
The Highrise towering
over the prairie. |
| gev.jpg |
400 GeV |
