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The foundation of Michigan State's first observatory was discovered this summer after construction workers, drilling hammock posts, hit something unusually hard underground.

The foundation of Michigan State's first observatory was discovered this summer after construction workers, drilling hammock posts, hit something unusually hard underground.

M Stacey Camp, director of the Campus Archaeology Program at Michigan State University, said she has "big plans," including building a plexiglass cover over of a 142-year-old observatory unearthed by students in a clearing near a student residence hall and having it nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

Michigan State workers installing a hammock thought they had uncovered a large rock but used old maps to determine what they had struck.

Michigan State workers installing a hammock thought they had uncovered a large rock but used old maps to determine what they had struck.

Michigan State workers installing a hammock thought they had uncovered a large rock but used old maps to determine what they had struck.

Workers were installing posts this summer when they discovered the foundation for the 142-year-old observatory

The foundation of Michigan State's first observatory was discovered this summer after construction workers, drilling hammock posts, hit something unusually hard underground.

A historical treasure unearthed! Michigan State University recently discovered a century-old observatory foundation on campus.

Workers initially thought they had uncovered a large rock or old building foundation, but used old maps to determine what they had struck.