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TRIUMF Milestones

November 1971:
The vacuum tank being rotated in the Meson Hall during the construction of TRIUMF's main cyclotron.
[Photo of the cyclotron vacuum tank being lowered onto the magnet.]
January 1972:
TRIUMF staff gather on the lower six sectors of the cyclotron magnet.		 [Photo of TRIUMF Staff sitting on the cyclotron magnet in January of 1972.]
December 1974:
Director Dr. J. R. Richardson tunes the proton beam to the design energy of 500 Mev		 [Photo of Director J. R. Richardson tuning the proton beam to 500 Mev in December of 1974.]
November 1984:
M15, a beamline for low energy muons that climbs the wall.		 [Photo of the M15 Beamline]
May 1999:
Some of the TRIUMF staff pictured with the ISAC Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ).		 [Photo of TRIUMF Staff pictured with the ISAC Radio Frequency Quadrupole.]
December 1999:
The Silver Anniversary celebration of the first extraction of a full energy proton beam from the TRIUMF cyclotron. Pictured are TRIUMF Directors from left, Dr. Jack Sample, Dr. Alan Astbury, and Dr. Erich Vogt.		 [Photo of the Silver Anniversary]
June 2003:
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell officially opens the ISAC II facility at TRIUMF.		 [Photo of TRIUMF Director Alan Shotter and Gordon Cambell with the ISAC-II Plaque.]
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