Visitors to the nuclear reactor in Burlington Engineering Labs

Burlington Engineering Laboratories, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Title:: Visitors to the nuclear reactor in Burlington Engineering Labs
Description:: Governor Luther Hodges viewing the nuclear reactor at NC State in 1960. In the early 1950s, the College of Engineering installed the first nuclear reactor outside of the federal Atomic Energy Commission. The original building that held the reactor was known as Burlington Nuclear Laboratories. In 1973, the building was expanded to its current size and renamed Burlington Engineering Laboratories. Both were named for Burlington Industries, a North Carolina textile company who provided the money for the construction of the building.
Topics:: Campus and Town
Subjects:: Buildings
Governors -- North Carolina
Nuclear reactors
Universities and colleges
Original Format:: Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:: 0001911
Created Date:: circa 1960
Genre:: Publicity photographs
Names:: North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College
Hodges, Luther Hartwell more info on Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:: University Archives Photographs

Repository:: Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:: University Archives Photograph Collection. Campus facilities and views (UA023.005) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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