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LIGO Construction Begins

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1994

Barry Clark Barish1994

Hanford · Science / Physics

Under Barish's project leadership, construction begins on the first LIGO observatory, turning the long-planned gravitational-wave experiment into a pair of full-scale facilities.

Names involved

Barry Clark Barish

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