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Museum readying time capsules

It may not be easy to make sense out of a sentence that reads, “Museum set to seal time capsules with a Christmas tree,” unless you were actually there to see it tested. On October 13, Elco Manufacturing Company delivered the Christmas tree to the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield. Only it wasn’t a tall, evergreen covered with pine needles. No, it turns out Christmas tree is a term used to describe a piece of oilfield equipment configured of twisted pipes and valves, standing about seven feet high and weighing close to a ton. More
Posted: 10/20/03; 12:55:58 PM | Permalink(#)


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