 Greenside Mine Hydro
A cache by m+jem Hidden: 12/30/2007
Size:  (Micro) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The Greenside Mine in Glenridding produced lead from the late 1600s
until it was closed in 1962. It was an innovator in many mining
techniques, one being the generation of electricity. On the path up
from the village along Glenridding Beck that eventually leads up to
Helvellyn there is sited a small hydo-electric generation station.
All that is left is a concrete base and a line of posts marked on
the map as an 'Old Pipe Line (not path)'. The mine owners built the
station together with a series of leats that brought water from
Kepple Cove round the northern base of Catstye Cam and the western
flank of Birkhouse Moor. These leats are in evidence on the OS
1:25K map.
To get to the cache walk up the Greenside Road from Glenridding
(plenty of parking) to the site of the former Greenside Mine. From
there cross Glenridding Beck via a small bridge and take the path
to Red Tarn.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 9:25:05 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:25 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/27/2010 4:01:56 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:01 PM GMT)
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