 Pharaoh’s Bounty
A cache by Philadelphia Geocachers adopted by hndlbr Hidden: 5/12/2007
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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This cache is hidden in a portion of the historic Reading Terminal.
It’s a very simple cache that requires you to use your GPS
and solve a puzzle.
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This cache is hidden in a portion of the historic Reading
Terminal. Built by the Reading Railroad in 1893, the building has
three components – the headhouse, the train shed and the
Market.
Reading Terminal not only served passengers on the
Reading's inter-city services heading to Philadelphia, but also as
the base for Reading's regional rail services, many of which are
still in use today as part of the SEPTA Regional Rail system.
During its peak usage, around the time of World War II, as many as
45,000 passengers passed through the Reading Terminal complex
daily.
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The eight-story headhouse, built in the Italian Renaissance
style, features brick-bearing walls with cast-iron columns and
timber floors. Interior finishes are molded ornamental plaster and
marble, with cast-iron detailing in the Renaissance style.
At the time of its construction, the train shed was one of the
largest single-span arched roof structures in the world. It is now
the oldest surviving single-span arched train shed roof structure
in the world, and the only one of its kind remaining in the United
States. The shed was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1972 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in
1976.
The Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed farmers market
found at 12th and Arch Streets in downtown Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The Market preexists the Terminal and was
incorporated into the structure when the station was built.
The entire structure is now part of the Pennsylvania
Convention Center.
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The coordinates for this will take you to a building where
you must search for a plaque that celebrates the porcine. To find
this cache, fill in the
blanks.
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1-2-1 |
1-3-3 |
3-4-1 |
1-2-4 |
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1-3-8 |
1-1-1 |
1-1-2 |
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3-2-4 |
1-3-2 |
2-3-2 |
1-2-2 |
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| 2-1-4 |
2-4-3 |
4-3-1 |
2-2-8 |
3-1-4 |
1-3-7 |
The first digit refers to the line of text
(1-9), the second digit is the word in that line, and the third
digit is the letter in the word. The cache is best approached
through the door listed as a waypoint.
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 8:00
a.m. – 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m., and can be confirmed at: www.readingterminalmarket.org
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