Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania 1962 time capsule

[jeff of pa]

Even though most time capsules contain little of monetary value, there's always that chance that someone will deface or damage them just to be a jerk. The City of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, developed an ingenious plan to prevent such vandalism when they decided to inter a time capsule in 1962. They elected a special committee to decide where the capsule should be buried and were then instructed to keep the location a secret. The men kept their word all right—perhaps a little too well.
Twenty-five years later, when the capsule was supposed to be dug up for the city's 100th anniversary in 1987, almost all of the committee members had died and none had passed on the time capsule's secret location. Only one member of the committee was still alive, and he couldn't remember where it was. To this day, the capsule is still hidden somewhere underneath the city.

Missing Time Capsule Found, Another Still Lost

 

[austin]

Read about things like this before. It will be a real treat when found someday. Great story of man's foolishness.

 

[Swaveab]

Interesting, as I don't recall hearing about this and I'm not far from that town. There's not much 'ground' around the borough building unless they go after the street.

 

[jeff of pa]

From a quick Google, I'm taking for granted this is & was the Borough Building
in 1962 ?





If that is the case & this is not Shadows on the west side of The building.
in the 1967 aerial below
it may have been buried there.
(however looking at the other Buildings it appears the Shadows are to the west.
so that may not be grass)




And you would be correct, Under the sidewalk or road



Unless it was buried against the Building

 

[Swaveab]

That be the building. As I said, not much ground. There is a small patch of ground around the bend much like that which you see in the front of the building and is narrow. A determination with a detector could be had in little time on their 'grounds'.