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
Install Year |
Open Year |
Location | Notes | Cite |
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1888 | 1957 | Wall Street, New York City | ||
1891 | 2018 | Palace hotel, Zagreb, Croatia | Message which wishes luck and prosperity to the family of the owner Dragutin Schlesinger, achievements during the reign of King Franz Joseph and Ban Khuen-Héderváry, price lists of that time, etc. Also the Obzor and Agramer Zeitung newspapers and several coins. | [1] |
1894 | 2015 | Kingussie, Scotland | 29 September 1894 newspaper; bottle believed to contain whisky | [2] |
1896 | 1996 | Perth Observatory, Perth, Australia | Contents included X-ray apparatus and X-ray image donated by William John Hancock. | [3] |
1897 | Northam Railway Institute, Northam, Western Australia | Contents included several copies of the Northam Advertiser newspaper and several coins. No open date. | [4] | |
1898 | 2013 | Bell tower of the Zagreb Cathedral, Zagreb, Croatia | Message from architect Herman Bollé who run the 19th century reconstruction of the Zagreb Cathedral, in it he wished; 'When it is opened, let the Croats be a unified nation'. | [5] |
1905 | 1966 | Palatka, Florida | ||
1939 | 6939 | Flushing Meadows Park | Westinghouse Time Capsules | [6] |
1940 | 8113 | Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia | Crypt of Civilization | [7] |
1967 | 2017 | Titusville, Florida | City's 100th anniversary, shaped like Gemini space capsule. | [8] |
1973 | 2073 | Alcatraz, California | Cement slab. N37° 49.570 W 122° 25.337 | [9] |
1976 | 200th anniversary of the Nation, US Treasury Department | |||
1991 | Nackawic, New Brunswick | In the head of the World's Largest Axe | [10] | |
2000 | 2029 | Piscataway, New Jersey, Livingston Campus, Tillett Hall | Installed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Livingston College | |
2010 | 2110 | Santiago, Chile | Installed on the Chilean bicentennial, to be opened on the tricentennial. | [11] |
2013 | First Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Contents unknown | ||
2013 | 2063 | City Hall, City of Cape Canaveral, Florida | Contents: VIP letters include John Glenn, Barbara Eden | [12] |
2013 | Vietnam Memorial, Englewood, Florida | Contents-Vietnam Memorabilia | ||
1930 | 2013 | Portsmouth Middle School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Contents:List of all students' names hand-written by the students. | [13] |
2013 | Globe, AZ Roosevelt Dam | 100th anniversary of dam, replaces a 1961 time capsule | [14] | |
2014 | 2063 | Cocoa, FL Eastern Florida State College | [15] | |
2001 | 2015 | Cocoa Beach, Florida, Doubletree Hotel | ||
2013 | 2038 | 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 | [16] |
2005 | 2055 | Merrick Park, Coral Gables, Florida | Contents: VIP letters include Barbara Bush | |
2017 | 2317 | Durhan County Record Office, Co Durham, England | Contents : An eclectic collection of texts, images and small artefacts. Installed in the archive facility within the Durham County Record Office. | [17] |
References
- "VREMENSKA KAPSULA PALACE HOTELA ZAGREB". journal.hr. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- "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.
- The Northam Advertiser: Western Australia, Saturday 31 July 1897, page 3
- . 24sata. 28 September 2013 https://www.24sata.hr/news/otkrili-kapsulu-kad-se-otvori-nek-hrvati-budu-slozan-narod-342827. Retrieved 18 June 2018. Missing or empty
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(help) - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, The Story of Westinghouse Time Capsule of cupaloy (1939)
- Oglethorpe University official web site Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 5 May 2013
- Marking time with time capsules, by Ray Osborne, Indian River Journal, 2013 Spring Summer edition
- Waymarking web site, retrieved 5 May 2013
- New Brunswick official tourism site, accessed 4 May 2013
- "Cápsula Bicentenario quedó enterrada por un siglo en Plaza de Armas" [Bicentennial Capsule was buried for one century in Plaza de Armas]. Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (in Spanish). Santiago. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- 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.
- EFSC (March 19, 2014). "EFSC Looks Ahead with Time Capsule Burial". Eastern Florida State College. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- Durham Magazine, 17 April 2017
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