Penny's Cache Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/5/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


I Named this after my dog Penny who walks down there with me alot.
Park and grab/log
This is my first hide so I hope everything works right. Let me know if I have to change anything.
This is located in what used to be a car wash at one time. The area is now used as a welcome station to Amesbury Ma. It is a short walk to the Chain Bridge over the Merrimack River. It is one of the few working rotational bridges in the country.
I won this at my second Geo Event
'Twixt Spring 'n Summer Geo-Meet 2010
This is a true micro so you will have to bring a pencil or pen. ( the type I say I hate).

History of Bridge:

The first bridge on this site was a Palladian, arched timber truss designed and built by Timothy Palmer in 1792. This was replaced in 1810 by a wrought iron chain suspension bridge designed by James Finley and constructed by John Templeman. On Feb. 6, 1827, the bridge gave way under a heavily loaded ox cart, and was rebuilt (again using wrought iron chains) in the summer of 1827. Sometime before this 1827 bridge was removed in 1909, a pair of cables and a pair of timber stiffening trusses had been added to the eastern barrel of the bridge--this was almost certainly done when the local street railway line was allowed to run its line over the bridge in 1894.

By the early 20th century, the 1827 Chain Bridge had been deemed unsafe and, in 1908, it was turned over to the Essex County Commissioners who immediately started plans to rebuild it. Local attachment to the 1827 landmark was so strong that the county's initial plans were for a new steel cable/steel tower suspension bridge disguised by shingled tower sheathing and by rehanging the 1827 iron chairs (although in a non-structural capacity). These preservationist features were dropped, however, as the local clamor died down. The present bridge, with its reinforced concrete towers (which echo the shapes of their timber predecessors), and its undisguised steel wire cables, was erected in 1909. Park and grab/log
This is my first hide so I hope everything works right. Let me know if I have to change anything.

Congratulations to Goldfinch593 for FTF

I have replaced this cache as much as I did not want to at this time!!! During the day there is heavy bridge construction going on. Best time right now is between 4:00 pm and 7:30 am.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq gur YVBAF

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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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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