Downtown L/A III - Railroad Park Traditional Geocache
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Downtown L/A III - Railroad Park
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The Railroad Park Cache
is alive and well. The cache location is pretty much
the same although the cache is very different. You will see
the remnants of the last cache and that is a good place to
start. The new cache is within a few feet of the old and it
is magnetic! Since this is a new cache container and RR
Park had been archived for some months re-finds are
allowed. Who will be the First to Find the Rejuvinated
Railroad Park?
Railroad Park is open from 5 AM to
9 PM. No Dogs allowed! There is plenty of nearby free
parking.
Lewiston/Auburn has some rich area
history. A Brief History of Lewiston by Douglas I. Hodgkin
states, "Lewiston and Auburn constructed a railroad spur from
Lewiston to the Montreal-Portland railroad line. The Canadian
National Railway thereby gave competition to the Maine Central
Railroad and freight rates dropped. The Grand Trunk Station ("The
Depot") on Lincoln Street became the arrival point in the 1870's
and after for the migration of thousands of French Canadians to
Lewiston. They settled in the area between Lisbon Street and the
river, many in blocks built by the mills or in an area called
"Little Canada." The rapid in-migration helped to raise the
population to 19,083 by 1880. In forty years, the city had grown
tenfold."
The Railroad Park cache is located
near to the Grand Trunk Station. Railroad Park contains a
very nice walking round about with several different areas to sit
on nice benches. The park is well kept and if your in the
area for the balloon festival a lot of hot air balloons hang out
here.
I have always been fascinated with
trains and railroads. You can see the remnants of some old
tracks and if you stand and listen carefully you might just hear
the train a coming!
Please bring your own pen.
There is no room for one in the cache container. Please
replace the cache exactly as you found it.
This is not a cache for beginners,
but anyone can try. That's the great thing about
geocaching.
The cache area is pretty straight
forward. The coordinates are very much right on and you will
know exactly what area to look in. Good luck with the hunt!
Please be careful replacing the cache!
FIRST TO FIND
- kkcjrlma
FIRST TO RE-FIND -
hoamdezinahs
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