Amarillo, Texas - Helium Time Columns Monument
- Address:
- 1200 Streit Dr, Amarillo, TX
- Directions:
- Outside the Don Harrington Discovery Center. I-40 exit 65, north on Coulter Drive, and follow signs to the Discovery Center.
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Amarillo, Texas - Helium Time Columns Monument A 60 foot, three-tiered spire with a 3-5 foot helium molecule in the center of the spire. [david krussow, 05/11/2005][RA: Each of the four "columns" in the sculpture contains a 1968 time capsule filled with valuable artifacts from the helium industry. The first was opened in 1993, and the last will be opened in 2968.]
Amarillo, Texas - Helium Time Columns Monument Can't miss the 6-story stainless steel helium molecule in Amarillo, Texas! It's in some medical park or something north of I-40. [jim, 01/18/1997][RA: That's the Helium Time Columns Monument, outside of the Don Harrington Discovery Center, erected in 1968 to commemorate the unusual natural element found there in the world's greatest quantity!]
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