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CEA 38 Oxford Street

Address38, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number117
Alternate Names Cambridge Electron Accelerator (CEA)
Previous Building Number 116
Building Root Number 04350
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1836-1919
Building Acquired 1959
Constructed 1959
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function and address.Historical Notes38 Oxford Street was designed by the Boston-based engineering firm of Charles T. Main and built for Harvard in 1959 as the Cambridge Electron Accelerator. It served as a research facility on the field of high energy physics until 1974.

In 1968, an addition was constructed to the south side. In 2017, an array of solar photovoltaic panels were added to the roof.
Additional Information
Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Motion Picture Films, ca. 1962-1967. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 257.295.3;mpf 220, 221, 222 and vid.
Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Accident investigation, 1965. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 257.465.
"The Cambridge Accelerator Blast." Physics Today, August 1965, Vol. 18:8, p. 72-74.
"The Cambridge Electron Accelerator." Physics Today, November 1962, Vol. 15:11, p. 86.
"The Cambridge Electron Accelerator." Physics Today, May 1962, Vol. 15:5, p. 85.
Livingston, M.S. and W. A. Shurcliff. The Cambridge Electron Accelerator: This 6-billion-volt Machine Will be the World's Highest Energy Electron Synchrotron. Science (New York, N.Y.), 20 October 1961, Vol.134:3486, pp.1186-93.
General Information by and about Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1262.
Shurcliff, W. A. The Cambridge Electron Accelerator : A Comprehensive Account. Cambridge, Mass., 1964. Physics Research Library call number QC789.C3;C4 1964.
Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Records of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator, 1952-1974. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 274.xx http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua11001
The Cambridge Electron Accelerator : Abstract. Cambridge, Mass., 1960. Physics Research Library call number QC789.C3 C45 1960.
“Big Electron Accelerator Planned Here. $6,500,000 Project to Be Built at Harvard.” Cambridge Chronicle, 6 June 1957, p. 1.
“Harvard and MIT to Build Record Atom Smasher.” Daily Boston Globe, 24 Apr. 1956, pp. 1–2.
Trose, Jonathan D. “$11.5 Million Harvard-MIT Atom-Smasher Will Go Into Operation Here Next Month.” The Harvard Crimson, 27 Oct. 1961, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1961/10/27/115-million-harvard-mit-atom-smasher-will-go/.
“Plan Dedication of Big Electron Accelerator Here.” Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Sept. 1962, p. 6.
“Harvard Electron Accelerator Plant Approved by City.” Cambridge Chronicle, 27 June 1957, p. 9.
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