Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
| Title | Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| View | Exterior 7 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | The 45,000 square-foot building contains space for laboratories and offices. Optical chemical, electrical, and mechanical laboratories for equipment design and development are housed in the basement. And, the sub-basement features a concrete shielded counting laboratory with decontamination rooms which are used for measuring radioactivity of meteorites, and moon and planet samples. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research of the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies |
| Subject Terms | Research institutes (Buildings) | Enrico Fermi Institute | Exterior views |
| Photographer | Harr; Hedrich-Blessing Studio |
| Photograph Date | Undated |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.7 x 23.0 cm |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Completion Date | 1965 |
| Location | 933 E. 56th Street | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | B01 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-06429 |
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