August “Gus” Knuth

MillwrightChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Listen to August “Gus” Knuth’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.

Related Profiles

John P. Marcy

K-25 Plant

John Marcy worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

A.F. Schroeder

T-Plant/200 Areas

Schroeder worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Lowell L. Stapleton

Los Alamos, NM

Wayne Simonds

Y-12 Plant

Wayne Simonds worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.