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Thomas Ahearn #1 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/31/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Thomas Ahearn #1

Thomas Ahearn (1855 -1938) was a Canadian inventor and businessman, born in the Lebreton Flats area of Ottawa. He had many accomplishments in several different fields; this cache is in tribute to his contribution to transportation, particularly to OC Transpo. (Future caches will highlight some of his other firsts.)

He was founder and president of the Ottawa Electric Railway Company, which provided electric streetcar service in the town and had the first streetcars with electric heaters. This private operation was later taken over by OC Transpo. He was chairman of the Federal District Commission, the predecessor to the National Capital Commission.

Ahearn personally funded most of the construction costs for the Champlain Bridge across the Ottawa River. He helped found a number of early Ottawa companies including the Ottawa Electric Company, which introduced electric streetlights to Ottawa and was the predecessor to Hydro Ottawa, the Ottawa Gas Company, and the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company, which manufactured streetcars. Ahearn and Soper is also still active today.

The cache is a quick grab, not sure how winter friendly .

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Arcrna’f arjrfg Cnex naq Evqr

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)