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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Decryption Key
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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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 October 11 by 2sanstef (107 found)
Very nice cache with wonderful views and interesting history TYFC
[view this log] | October 7 by The Pippins (663 found)
I started my walk from Thirlmere this morning this was my penultimate cache so it was a nice long relaxing to the vicinity of this cache before the 200 ft steep climb.
Nice easy find.
SL. TFTC.
[view this log] | September 26 by skullshrinker (23 found)
Found it with Aleksandr De Meerkat as part of a three cache jolly up Helvellyn. A scorcher of a day super walk despite Aleksandr De Meerkat's blisters!!!
Co-ords spot on TFTC.
Skullshrinker
[view this log] | September 26 by Aleksandr De Meerkat (15 found)
Found it on a lovely day, cache in good order. TFTC.
[view this log] | September 23 by The Appletons (128 found)
TFTC - Found after a good day on the fells.
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Current time: 11/22/2009 10:10:16 AM
Last Updated: 10/18/2009 9:52:15 AM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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