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by pengaru 2243 days ago
I'm surprised to see Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory listed still. When I last visited Wilson Hall which must have been nearly a decade ago now, the pendulum had been removed. If memory serves it happened after the cable snapped from wear and they decided to just get rid of it.

This [0] post claims they removed it in 2010.

It was kind of mesmerizing to watch back in the day, Wilson Hall is a tall building with an open center, it made for a great Foucault Pendulum.

[0] https://www.vofoundation.org/blog/cabinet-physics-riding-alo...