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Burdett is a small village that was incorporated in 1913 on Highway #3 in southern Alberta. It was named after the mother of King George VII. Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) was made a baroness by Queen Victoria in 1871. She invested in coal and railway interests in Southern Alberta. Several streets in Lethbridge (Ashmead, Bartlett, Burdett and Coutts) were all named for her and her husband, as well as the Village of Coutts, on Highway #4. Her husband, Sir William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett Burdett-Coutts (1851 – 1921) was an American-born British politician who was 37 years younger. When they married, he took her name.
Part 1 of this puzzle cache will bring you to a place where you can find the pivot point and two towers that are part of the first two water drive pivot systems introduced in Canada. Read the sign and determine the following:
Part 2 of the cache is found at: N 49 48.8A W 111 31.5B
A = The day these arrived in the Burdett area X 7
B =The number of years used X 2 +7
Part 2 of this cache brings you to where you may see a working pivot system.
This invention was considered “the most significant mechanical innovation in agriculture since the replacement of draft animals by the tractor”
The modern centre pivot irrigation system has come a long way. It’s now a computer controlled system with high tech engineering solutions to the problems of supporting the weight of the water, and distributing it evenly across huge, undulating fields.