Winganon, Oklahoma
Winganon is an unincorporated community in northern Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Oologah Lake and approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Chelsea.
Winganon Space Capsule
[edit]Winganon may be best known for its space capsule roadside curiosity,[2][3] located on Winganon Road between Highway 169 and Oologah Lake (36°34′58″N 95°39′06″W / 36.5828°N 95.65165°W). The "capsule" is actually the main vessel of a concrete mixing transport truck, left next to the road "from a long ago accident".[4] Detail is lacking, but accounts indicate that after the vehicle rolled over on the side of the road, the company that owned it came and got the truck but left the mixer behind due to the weight of the concrete it contained.[5] When this happened is unclear; accounts range from the early 1970s[6] to as far back as 1959.[7] In 2008, a local couple and their friends came up with the idea of using canning lids, garden hose, and other household items to make the cement mixer look like a space capsule.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winganon, Oklahoma
- ^ "Winganon Space Capsule". greencountryok.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Varga, Tamas (January 8, 2024). "How a 1950s Cement Truck Crash Turned Into a NASA Space Capsule". earthlymission.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Mary (August 28, 2017). "Historical markers point to first 'waterflooding' oil site". The Oklahoman. p. 2C. Retrieved June 4, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Lost Cement Mixer Of Winganon Gets Space-Age Update". News On 6. KOTV-DT. October 27, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ Thomas, Heather (September 27, 2011). "Winganon Cement Mixer Space Capsule". roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Patowary, Kaushik (October 14, 2015). "The Cement Mixer Space Capsule of Winganon". amusingplanet.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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