37 Historical Items Unearthed By Surprised Construction Workers

37 Historical Items Unearthed By Surprised Construction Workers

Trista - September 24, 2019

37 Historical Items Unearthed By Surprised Construction Workers
The capsule included a folded newspaper, a scroll, and a glass bottle. Credit: BBCI/Highland Polk Museum

15. An 1894 Time Capsule Under a Bridge

Construction workers uncovered a time capsule from 1894 under a bridge near Kingussie, in Scotland’s Cairngorms, while working to replace the bridge’s main structure. In the box, someone had placed a folded newspaper from 1894, a paper scroll, and a bottle. The bottle is believed to contain none other than whiskey, of course. They donated the capsule to a museum in Newtonmore.

A nearby school, the Kingussie Primary School, was inspired to create their own time capsule, in the hopes that it would “last just as long.”

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