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Inquirer employees open time capsule early as printing plant closure nears

A group of Inquirer employees watched as a time capsule buried in 1992 outside the Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion, Township was opened on Friday, March 26, 2021. The time capsule was originally scheduled to be opened in 2092, but The Inquirer recently sold the plant's building and is transitioning printing of its newspapers to a Gannett facility in Cherry Hill.

Vice President of Operations Fred Lehman (left) holds the lid as employee Kaz Palys takes out an item inside a time capsule buried in 1992 at The Inquirer's Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion Township, Pa., on Friday, March 26, 2021. The time capsule, originally scheduled to be opened in 2092, was opened early because the newspaper is shuttering the plant and outsourcing printing to a Gannett facility in Cherry Hill.
Vice President of Operations Fred Lehman (left) holds the lid as employee Kaz Palys takes out an item inside a time capsule buried in 1992 at The Inquirer's Schuylkill Printing Plant in Upper Merion Township, Pa., on Friday, March 26, 2021. The time capsule, originally scheduled to be opened in 2092, was opened early because the newspaper is shuttering the plant and outsourcing printing to a Gannett facility in Cherry Hill.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
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