posted on July 13: Gilmour Hall time capsule back behind date stone

The Gilmour Hall time capsule is back behind the date stone.

John Farrell, associate director of physical plant, placed the time capsule back behind the date stone yesterday just before bricklayer John Bartolussi from G&A Masonry sealed up the area with a few final bricks.

The time capsule was found in May when construction workers took the old stone off the south face of Gilmour Hall.

Some Daily News readers believed the time capsule, estimated to be about 42 years old, should have been opened but Farrell said the time capsule should be put back.

“One hundred years is a good round number,” he said.

BACK IN TIME: John Farrell(L), associate director of physical plant, stuffs the Gilmour Hall time capsule back behind the date stone with the help of John Bartolussi from G&A Masonry.

Photos: Kelly Curwin

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The <a href="http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=1021">Gilmour Hall time capsule</a> is back behind the date stone.<p><br />
John Farrell, associate director of physical plant, placed the time capsule back behind the date stone yesterday just before bricklayer John Bartolussi from G&A Masonry sealed up the area with a few final bricks.<p> The time capsule was found in May when construction workers took the old stone off the south face of Gilmour Hall.<p><br />
<img src="http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/images/Timecapsule(hand).jpg"align=right><br />
Some <i>Daily News</i> readers believed the time capsule, estimated to be about 42 years old, should have been opened but Farrell said the time capsule should be put back.<br />
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"One hundred years is a good round number," he said. <p><br />
<b>BACK IN TIME:</b> John Farrell(L), associate director of physical plant, stuffs the Gilmour Hall time capsule back behind the date stone with the help of John Bartolussi from G&A Masonry. <p><br />
<i>Photos: Kelly Curwin</i>

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