GCX7TN Liffey Bridges-Molly's Finest (Unknown Cache) in Dublin, Ireland created by Kili or bust

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A cache by Kili or bust Message this owner

Hidden : 7/19/2006

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Like most of the other Liffey caches this is a magnetic micro and can be located without a GPS fix. You will need to have a pen or pencil with you. The coordinates above just take you to the area. I have tried several times to get precise coordinates for the cache spot but it appears that the large expanse of metal has a strong effect on the signal so I have increased the difficulty level to two stars. The most precise coordinates I can achieve can be ascertained by answering the following:

Count the steps from the footpath up to the bridge proper on the southside of the Liffey and call that AB.
Count the steps from the footpath up to the bridge proper on the northside of the Liffey and call that CD.

Coordinates are N53 20.758+AB W006 15.799-CD

PLEASE REPLACE CAREFULLY WITHIN THE CONTAINER WITH THE OPENING POINTING DOWN.

The Ha’penny Bridge

San Francisco has The Golden Gate. Venice has Rialto (by the way so does Dublin!). London has …well London Bridge. One of the single most emblematic attractions in Dublin is the Ha’penny Bridge!
Up to 1816, the year the Ha'penny Bridge was erected, no other bridge existed between Essex (Grattan or Capel Street) Bridge and Carlisle (O'Connell) Bridge.
There was a ferry from the Bagnio Slip (at the bottom of Fownes Street) operated by one William Walsh. He owned seven leaky ferries and was under pressure from Dublin Corporation to repair them or replace them. He baulked at that idea, preferring instead to build a bridge. His proposal to Dublin Corporation was adopted and he was allowed in a hundred year lease to charge a halfpenny toll.
Designed by John Windsor and costing £3,894.7s.11½d., the bridge was manufactured in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, the first centre of iron casting in Britain. Now one of the oldest cast-iron bridges in the world it was originally named Wellington Bridge, after the Dublin born duke who had trounced Napoleon. Now called Liffey Bridge it is more commonly known as the Halfpenny or Ha'penny Bridge.

In recent years the boardwalks along the Liffey walls have been constructed as extra amenities for the citizens of the city. Unfortunately they have been receiving some bad press lately due to the commercial activities of some undesirables who sell all kinds of pharmaceutical cocktails!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svefg bs 3, J hcevire, lbhe snpr!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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