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GCF196

Virtual CacheWitch's Hat

A cache by St. Pauli Girl, adopted by MNWild11     Hidden: 4/2/2003

Size: Size: Virtual (Virtual)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Minnesota, United States

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An easy to find, handicap-accessible virtual cache at the Prospect Park water tower off of University Ave near the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus.
The Prospect Park water tower was built in 1913 by architect F.W. Cappelen. It was originally built to be both a water tower and a bandstand, but the local legend states that the only band that dared the climb the circular stairs said they were too tired to play once they reached the top. The tower was taken out of service in 1954 and was scheduled for demolition after a lighting strike caused severe structural damage. The local community convinced the city council to renovate the tower in 1986. The water tower doors are now locked except once each June for the Pratt ice cream social, but rumor has it that the tower was closed due to too many distraught college students committing suicide by jumping from the top. The tower is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

To claim credit for the find, email the first 2 letters etched above the door to mnwild11@aol.com. Please do not post the answer online even if encrypted.

Enjoy the view of Minneapolis, especially at sunset, while you are there. Feel free to post any pictures of the tower or the view, but please do not post pictures that reveal the answer here.

 


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 February 6 by kredep (2405 found)
Our first cache of the day before heading to Hudson for the HHAA. Glad to be able to get this one to complete our 10 Icon Challenge. Great view up here! Slippery getting up to the top but worth it. TFTC

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 February 6 by XZQ&Dad (1271 found)
Same story as Proys. We've been meaning to pick this one up for about 2 years, but just never got to it. It proved to be quite fortuitous today, as although we had no virtuals loaded, we knew where to find one. It was all I could do to keep the boys from sliding down the slopes around GZ. Thanks for adopting this one and keeping it active.

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 February 6 by Valsey (913 found)
This was our first trip ever to the tower. The steps are definitely slippery today. But what a view of downtown from the base of the tower. We found the needed info and were on our way. Email sent. TFTC

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 February 6 by Proys (1007 found)
Trying to complete the Well Rounded Cacher challenge and needed a virtual. Not too many left in the area that we haven't done. Have been meaning to grab this one for a while, now I'm glad we let it go. Any way got to GZ grabbed the needed info and considered this one done. Ran into the cache owner later in the day at an event and passed the info along. TFTC

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 January 31 by KFish823 (407 found)
Very slippery venture to and from tower.

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 5:54:17 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (1:54 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/7/2010 8:10:02 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (4:10 AM GMT)
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