Brine series #6 Malkins bank Traditional Cache

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bargee: Passing on our way up the Cheshire locks to the Maccelsfield canal on Easter Saturday, found the cache box strewn across the scrub and the bag containing the contents still in the tree, unhappy with the hide and couldn't find another hide suitable in the area especially with the No. of muggles hunting for golf balls in the vicinity.
Time to put this one to bed. We will open the rest of the series up into regular caches in the next few days.

Iain and Cath Bargee

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Hidden : 1/1/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Short canalside walk (well there had to be a canal involved somewhere in a Bargee series)

Well we just had to put one of the series here as there has been so much going on here around the salt industry!!
Here are a few examples with os grid references.

Malkins Bank Works. (SJ763591)

Established about 1790 following the construction of the canal. Acquired by James Blackwell in 1850's and ultimately became part of the Salt Union. Now part of the golf course.

Wheelock Top Works (SJ767588)

Salt Works built alongside the canal and between the canal and the railway. Not appearing in the 1838 Tithe Award but its layout and lack of railway access suggests it was established before 1851. Lack of documentation and initial ownership not certain. Owned by James Blackwell in the 1860's and ultimately became part of Salt Union. Probably closed down at the same time as the Whitehall Works. The name "Wheelock Top Works" is a potential source of confusion. See 1875 and 1908 25inch OS maps. Now part of the golf course.

Brunner Mond Sandbach Works (SJ764590)

Ammonia Soda Works established 1873 on the plot between the Malkins Bank Salt Works and Wheelock Top Salt works. Not a salt making site but pumping natural brine which is converted into sodium carbonate etc. Process licensed from Solvay, initially by Gascoigne, Kearne and Richards but taken over by Brunner Mond in 1880. Closed down ca. 1930 and demolished in 1932. Now part of the golf course.
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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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