Unusual find in Gdansk. They discovered a time capsule in 1869 – Virtual Poland

• The discovery was made during renovations in Old Tank Orunia

 • The capsule was embedded in the brick structure building

 • Shipment is a letter-document in the bottle. There has been read
 

As announced on Friday Agnieszka Klugmann, a spokeswoman for the company Gdansk Infrastructure Water and Sewage (GIWK), “remembrance” discovered employees of the company, which began renovations in Tank Old Orunia . – Despite closing in a stoppered bottle, written in ink document he could not resist the test of time and requires urgent maintenance – handed.

CEO GIWK Jacek Skarbek assured that “recognized the possibility of maintenance of the document, which will read the contents of the consignment.” He pointed out that “the message of the late nineteenth century inspired the company to to prepare a message for future generations.”
 

The old tank Orunia (6965 cubic meters.) From 1869. Until the mid-twentieth century, was used to supply drinking water to the inhabitants of Gdansk. It has been out of operation in the 70s of the twentieth century. Today is one of the largest and most valuable natural habitats of bats in northern Poland. There is a nearly full cross-section of species of animals, including greater mouse-eared bat – the biggest Polish bat.
 

tank will be part of the Gdansk Route water supply and will be open to visitors, and in the season autumn and winter will continue to place hibernating bats. As part of the trail visitors will be made available and the historic Old tank Sobieski 1911. (8238 cubic meters.), Which is to be presented in an exhibition related to the history of Gdansk waterworks. It is not known when he will begin the renovation of the tank; the tender for the work has not yet been settled.
 

The third part of the trail, now open to visitors, is the Water Tank Kazimierz on the Sobieszewo Island.
 

Gdansk route Waterworks is to be made available to the public in 2018. The project is implemented by GIWK.
 

The total cost of the project amounts to 8.7 million zł, of which over 3.2 million zł a grant from the Regional Operational Programme for Pomorskie 2014-20.