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Time Capsule I weighs about 800 pounds (360 kg), while Time Capsule II weighs about 400 pounds (180 kg). [5] Time Capsule I was made of a non-ferrous alloy called Cupaloy, created especially for this project. [6] Designed to resist corrosion for 5,000 years, the alloy was made of 99.4% copper, 0.5% chromium, and 0.1% silver. [7]
A time capsule hidden since 1887 in a pedestal beneath a statue of Robert E. Lee was opened in December 2021 after the statue's removal, revealing an 1875 almanac, a waterlogged book of fiction, a British coin, a catalog, a letter and a photograph of a master stonemason who worked on the pedestal. [64] 1887 Dedham Museum and Archive: Dedham ...
Time capsule plaque in Ypsilanti, ... The 1939 New York World's Fair time capsule was created by Westinghouse as part of their exhibit. It was 90 inches (2.3 metres ...
Westinghouse time capsule exhibit. The Crypt of Civilization intrigued America and was replicated by many others. George Edward Pendray, a public relations executive in the mid-1930s, created the Westinghouse time capsule for a public ceremony for the 1939–40 New York World's Fair, to raise awareness of his company's repository vault. [30]
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The International Time Capsule Society (ITCS) is an organization devoted to the subject of time capsules. Founded in 1990 at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States (following the lead of a precursor group established in 1937), the ITCS tracks the creation and status of time capsules in countries around the world.
Many of us were granted an opportunity to create a time capsule in high school. It probably didn’t matter as much then, but unearthing it decades later brought a glorious sense of nostalgia and ...
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Skidmore & Owings and John Moss [275] A horseshoe-shaped structure with two glass-enclosed halls. [275] Machinery and appliances were displayed in the halls of electrical power and electrical living, and there was also a theater of tomorrow.