Michigan State University workers stumble across buried, 142-year-old campus observatory
Michigan State workers installing a hammock thought they had uncovered a large rock but used old maps to determine what they had struck.
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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.