LEGO Seaweed
- 1990s
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.A small green plastic LEGO accessory shaped like a patch of seaweed. This piece was part of the Lego Lost at Sea Project, started by Tracey Williams.
On February 13, 1997, approximately five million LEGO pieces were spilled into the sea when a large wave hit a cargo ship carrying a shipment of the toys off the coast of Cornwall, England. The impact sent 62 LEGO-filled shipping containers overboard. In a twist of irony, many of the pieces were sea creature themed. To this day, beachcombers still uncover washed-up plastic pieces from this monumental toy-related environmental disaster.
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Science History Institute. LEGO Seaweed. Photograph, 2023. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7pw2rto.
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