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 Not only can you get your kicks on
Route 66
while touring
Rolla,
Missouri but you can also experience a bit of Druid Europe at the
University of
Missouri
campus. Here, a modified scale model of Stonehenge was carved by
students more than twenty years ago. The megalith was dedicated
on June 20, 1984, on the summer solstice, by a Druid Priest.
Built to showcase the stone carving
capabilities of the university’s high pressure water jet lab, this
Stonehenge is reportedly accurate to within 15 seconds, when used as a
clock.
The half-sized replica, utilizing some 160
tons of granite, was carved in a month with the aid of the high
technology equipment, a feat that in ancient times, would have taken
decades.
In 1984 the
University of
Missouri-Rolla
received one of the prestigious National Society of Professional
Engineers Awards for the Stonehenge project. These awards are
typically given for such items as the space telescope.
Today this monument to both the past and
the future sits on the northwest corner of the University campus at 14th
Street and Bishop Avenue, inviting both students and visitors to drop
by for a look at this amazing accomplishment.
©
Kathy Weiser/Legends
of America, updated January, 2009.
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