Timeline of time capsules
The following is a timeline of time capsules that are either scheduled to be installed, to be opened or have already been opened.
Timeline of installations
Date | Status | Location | Notes | Cite |
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29 September 1894 | Open | Kingussie, Scotland | 29 September 1894 newspaper; bottle believed to contain whisky | [1] |
29 September 1896 | Open | Perth Observatory, Perth, Australia | Set on 29 September 1896, contents included X-ray apparatus and X-ray image donated by William John Hancock. Opened in 1996. | [2] |
26 June 1905 | Open | Palatka, Florida | Opened in 1966. | |
1930 | Install | Portsmouth Middle School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Contents:School yearbooks | [3] |
1939 | Install | Flushing Meadows Park | Westinghouse Time Capsules | [4] |
1940 | Install | Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia | Crypt of Civilization | [5] |
1957 | Open | Wall Street, New York City | Installed 1888 | |
May 1967 | Install | Titusville, Florida | City's 100th anniversary, shaped like Gemini space capsule, due be opened 2017 | [6] |
3 May 1973 | Install | Alcatraz, California | N37° 49.570 W 122° 25.337 | [7] |
6 September 1976 | Install | 200th anniversary of the Nation, US Treasury Department | ||
1991 | Install | Nackawic, New Brunswick | In the head of the World's Largest Axe | [8] |
18 April 2000 | Install | Piscataway, New Jersey, Livingston Campus, Tillett Hall | Installed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Livingston College - to be opened in 2029 | |
22 April 2013 | Opened | First Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Contents unknown | |
16 May 2013 | Install | City Hall, City of Cape Canaveral, Florida | Contents: VIP letters include John Glenn, Barbara Eden | [9] |
27 May 2013 | Install | Vietnam Memorial, Englewood, Florida | Contents-Vietnam Memorabilia | |
11 June 2013 | Opened | Portsmouth Middle School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Contents:List of all students' names hand-written by the students. | [10] |
19 June 2013 | Install | Globe, AZ Roosevelt Dam | 100th anniversary of dam, replaces a 1961 time capsule | [11] |
11 July 2013 | Install | Newport News, Virginia | Welded into a ship, the USS Gerald R. Ford | [12] |
19 March 2014 | Install | Cocoa, FL Eastern Florida State College | 50 year Time Capsule to be opened 2063 | [13] |
February 2015 | Opened | Cocoa Beach, Florida, Doubletree Hotel | Installed 2001 | |
May 2017 | Open | Titusville, Florida | City's 150th anniversary, disappeared for while now at city hall, was installed in 1967 | [9] |
11 July 2038 | Open | Newport News, Virginia | Contents:Navy coins, the aviator wings of the ship’s first commanding officer and sandstone used to build the White House and U.S. Capitol | [12] |
January 2055 | Open | Merrick Park, Coral Gables, Florida | Contents: VIP letters include Barbara Bush Installed 2005 | |
16 May 2063 | Open | City Hall, City of Cape Canaveral, Florida | Contents include a digital picture slideshow of local history. Open for city's 100th anniversary. | [9] |
3 May 2073 | Open | Alcatraz, California | Cement slab | [7] |
References
- ↑ "121-year-old time capsule found at bridge near Kingussie". BBC. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Editor. (30 September 1896). The Perth Observatory. Laying the Foundation Stone. The West Australian. Perth. Western Australia. Page 2.
- ↑ Seacoast Online|News|June 12, 2013
- ↑ Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, The Story of Westinghouse Time Capsule of cupaloy (1939)
- ↑ Oglethorpe University official web site, retrieved 5 May 2013
- ↑ Marking time with time capsules, by Ray Osborne, Indian River Journal, 2013 Spring Summer edition
- 1 2 Waymarking web site, retrieved 5 May 2013
- ↑ New Brunswick official tourism site, accessed 4 May 2013
- 1 2 3 Marking time with time capsules, by Ray Osborne, Indian River Journal, 2013 Spring Summer edition
- ↑ Seacoast Online|News|June 12, 2013
- ↑ Arizona Silver Belt (2013-06-26). "Arizona Silver Belt Time capsule placed into Roosevelt Dam". Silverbelt.com. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- 1 2
- ↑ EFSC (March 19, 2014). "EFSC Looks Ahead with Time Capsule Burial". Eastern Florida State College. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
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