Time capsule from 1900 discovered in Lausanne wall
The Local - [email protected]
Published: 28 Mar, 2017 CET.
Updated: Tue 28 Mar 2017 10:24 CET
Construction workers restoring walls at Ouchy, the lakeside district of Lausanne, stumbled across a blast from the past when they found a 117-year-old time capsule hidden in the concrete, the city authorities said on Monday.
Preserved inside a glass jar was a letter from the workers who built the concrete wall, stamped by the Lausanne building works office, as well as a copy of the first edition of socialist anarchist newspaper Le Réveil, dated July 7th 1900.
Speaking to news agencies, Lausanne official Patrick Etournand said the papers were very well conserved.
Though difficult to read, the letter mentions a cementer called Frédéric and says “hello to whoever will have the honour of finding this note,” said Etournand. It is dated 1900.
The newspaper Le Réveil was printed between July 7th 1900 and August 28th 1940.
The glass container was found inside a concrete wall. Photo: Ville de Lausanne
The walls of the lake promenade at Ouchy were built between 1896 and 1901, according to Lausanne city authorities.
Works began to restore them in 2015 and will continue until 2020.
The contents of the time capsule will be kept in the city archives.
Comments
See Also
Preserved inside a glass jar was a letter from the workers who built the concrete wall, stamped by the Lausanne building works office, as well as a copy of the first edition of socialist anarchist newspaper Le Réveil, dated July 7th 1900.
Speaking to news agencies, Lausanne official Patrick Etournand said the papers were very well conserved.
Though difficult to read, the letter mentions a cementer called Frédéric and says “hello to whoever will have the honour of finding this note,” said Etournand. It is dated 1900.
The newspaper Le Réveil was printed between July 7th 1900 and August 28th 1940.
The glass container was found inside a concrete wall. Photo: Ville de Lausanne
The walls of the lake promenade at Ouchy were built between 1896 and 1901, according to Lausanne city authorities.
Works began to restore them in 2015 and will continue until 2020.
The contents of the time capsule will be kept in the city archives.
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.