An excavation team working Wednesday near the Johnson Museum of Art on Cornell University's campus found a small amount of mercury buried in the area.Edit: A commenter claims the mercury was uncovered by construction crews working on an addition to the Johnson Museum, and not Milstein Hall as I originally guessed. Without any other information, I'll go with that.Mike Swartwout, project manager, said the mercury was found as the team dug up the remains of a building that had stood at the site from 1890 until the 1950s. The building, Morse Hall, housed the university's chemistry department until the 1920s, according to information on Cornell's Web site. It was razed in 1956.
(Ithaca Journal)
It's unrelated to Milstein. The construction around the Johnson Museum is for the new addition to the museum.
ReplyDeleteHeck, if University Ave. is going to be closed off for two years, they might as well take advantage and start planning the Johnson addition.
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