Gallons of Cool Drink Mystery Cache

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MadMin: As there's been no action taken with this cache for a significant amount of time, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact me at ma.reviewer@gmail.com and if it meets the guidelines, I'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 11/7/2004
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

THE COORDINATES ABOVE ARE NOT THE REAL LOCATION!

This cache is located near the Sudbury Reservoir in Southboro. The coordinates given are for a convenient parking location at the trail head, which is a nice wode smooth trail with some gentle hiils. The actual coordinates for the cache must be puzzled out from information given in the description.

Please read the description below as the coordinates above are NOT the location of the cache!

From the on-line history of Southborough at (visit link)

“By the mid-1800s, however, came the railroad and small factories were springing up along the town's two branches of the Sudbury River and its tributaries. Best remembered, perhaps, is the Cordaville Cotton and Woolen Mill that made blankets for the Civil War and left its name to one of the four villages. And with the passing years came straw bonnet, plaster, brush, and boot and shoe factories, thriving now in Fayville as well as Cordaville.

But then, as the end of the 19th Century approached, Boston and its burgeoning population, now becoming accustomed to indoor plumbing, was searching for water beyond Chestnut Hill and Cochituate. The Water Works looked to Wachusett in Boylston, to the northwest of Southborough, for its next supply-and built a dam to create storage for the water on its way to the city. The dam was across the upper branch of the Sudbury coming into Southborough from Marlboro.

Thus it was that the 1898 building of the Fayville Dam assured that Southborough's prospering industry would lose much of its water power and, rather than gaining its livelihood from manufacturing, Southborough would remain a rural community, growing substantially only much later with the post-World War II housing boom and the advent of the "high tech" industry and Route 495. The huge waterworks project also added to the growing Irish population of the town and brought the first wave of Italians. They were the ancestors of many who remain to this day.”

Your task: Determine the coordinates for the cache from the numbers below, and enjoy the trail! A computer spreadsheet or similar program may be very helpful.

956468 963748 757624
202714 507614 180226
231629 475817 817171
447301 159451 580769
514086 879726 166974
718836 380308 387692
799057 696563 985271
374489 137379 391776
473889 472207 380045
675279 398376 193644
717351 722811 284109

The cache is on the small side, and is currently quite full, containing buttons, a geocoin, and some toys. Additionally, there is a FTF button and coffee card.

Disclaimers: Several aspects of this cache are unashamedly copied from both local caches and some I have found on the west coast. These were challenging caches that I hope translate into this cache being enjoyable!

BEWARE: There is a large poison ivy vine in the area of the cache.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)



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