Jacobs called the time chamber that he eventually constructed the Oglethorpe Atlanta Crypt of Civilization. Pendray came up with something snappier. Westinghouse Electric Corp. designed a cylindrical time capsule, about 7 feet long, and buried it at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair site. The company designed a second capsule for New York's 1964-65 World's Fair. Both are supposed to be opened in 5,000 years.
Most time capsules have shorter spans.
Dorothy Mondavi, archivist for the Robert Mondavi Winery in California's Napa Valley, is packing one of Marak's capsules, which will mark significant additions to the winery, as well as the new millennium. It will be reopened in 100 years. Employees helped choose the contents. We were after a sense of history and a spirit of fun. Naturally, that means it will include a bottle of wine.