An Unexpected Find

While drilling a hole to set a pole for a new playground at Dundee Elementary School, construction workers discovered that they were drilling into air. The playground had inadvertently been planned right above an old, forgotten room which had been buried. It is speculated that the room may have been a coal room, storing coal to heat the building before a heating/cooling system was installed. The ceiling of the room was reinforced with supports, and between the room and the new playground will be layers of concrete, soil and rubber. Mark Warneke, director of building and grounds for Omaha schools, feels "pretty good that it's not going to cave in". Good thing the thought of a playground collapsing into a hollowed room is only slightly unsettling.