World Trade Center/Pentagon Memorial in Salem, Oregon?
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Bandmaster
N 44° 53.553 W 122° 57.318
10T E 503529 N 4971015
Hard to believe? It may be one of the best kept secrets in the Capital City of Oregon. No need to travel to New York City or Washington D.C., like I did, to see artifacts of the 9/11 attack. See multiple artifacts on display. Find it with your GPS!
Waymark Code: WM22FW
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2007
Views: 96
The "World Trade Center/Pentagon Memorial in Salem, Oregon?" is on permanenent display in a location that you would least expect it to be. It's on display in a building that my wife and I had no idea existed, and we have lived in Salem, Oregon for over 30 years! Even when you see the photograph of the location, you most likely will not recognize it. I'm not going to tell you where it is; I'm going to let you find it at the coordinates given for this waymark site.
Artifact 1: It was 27 feet long. It was a floor beam. It was bent into a giant fishhook when the building collapsed from the center to the outside.
Artifact 2: This is a section off the base of Tower 1. It was where a main tower support beam was connected to a giant rubber bushing, used to help the building "flex" to withstand wind pressure.
Artifact 3: This strap was used only in the towers to support mechanical systems in some crawl spaces. Only the towers used this type of strap.
Artifact 4: It is a floor beam from above the 50th floor.
Artifact 5: It is a proprietary alloy used nowhere else in the world. That is the reason the towers reflected sunliht and city lights as they did.
Artifact 6: This artifact is from the Pentagon. It is a piece of limestone fascia from the outer wall near where the aircraft impacted.
Name of organization that built the memorial: Lt. William D. O'Neil - Marion County Fire District No. 1 - Grand Safety Station - Metal Management Northeast, Inc. Newark, New Jersey
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Text on the memorial:
WORLD TRADE CENTER PENTAGON MEMORIAL
DUTY - HONOR - SACRIFICE
Dedicated in memory of the attacks on 9/11/2001
Lt. William D. O'Neil
Marion County Fire District No. 1
Grand Safety Station
Metal Management Northeast, Inc. Newark, N.J.
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Physical address of memorial: Not listed
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
Website for more information: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
A picture of yourself (or your GPS if you are alone and cannot get someone to take your picture) at the memorial. Logs without pictures should be deleted by the waymark owner.