A 116-year-old time capsule was discovered Thursday in a multimillion-dollar demolition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus in the United States. The box has been confirmed to date from 1907. According to school officials, the time capsule was discovered by workers demolishing Illini Hall, where the demolition process began in early February.
"We were very fortunate to know that the university was willing to work with us to restore both the foundation stone and some cornice work for Illini Hall," said the university's YMCA executive director, Jim Hinterlong. The University of Illinois Facilities and Services tweeted a picture of the time capsule.It read: "Illini Hall: 1907-2023." , school officials claimed they were unaware that at any point in time capsules were buried in the structure originally built for the neighborhood YMCA. YMCA University will receive the time capsule, according to the institution. The time capsule will be opened as part of the group's 150th anniversary celebration, which is scheduled to take place on October 1, 2023. A new data science center is to be built in the Illini Hall.
“It's one of the ways we can help preserve history. The building is no longer here. We historically documented the building Craig, the school's historical preservation officer, to WCIA-TV.
The Million Dollar Question Is What's in the Mystery Box?
For some time the contents of the capsule will remain unknown."We don't know what's there. We won't know until later this year, when we celebrate our 150th anniversary on October 1st, and we can only begin to imagine what kind of information, ideas, images or documents might have been put there, to date as recently as 116 To be discovered years later," he said. Interior
There are many theories about the contents. Hinterlong believes that the ancient artifacts may be in the time capsule. "It was a dynamic moment.That was before the First World War. It was a time before radio was widespread, I think maybe even. It was a time before television. It was a time when people met face to face at important moments and talked about the future and the present moment. We hope some of that gets captured in the time capsule," Hinterlong said.
