Butterley & Blakeley view Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/26/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Nice views down the Wessenden valley from a little known leat.

The route up Wessenden by the leat is far superior route than following the track below.
Once you've made the initial climb from the Binn Edge road end, there is around 2 miles of level easy walking with great views into Wessenden; initially down to Butterley & Blakeley reservoirs. If you then venture further up the valley & turn SE, you get good views of Wessenden reservoir. The level leat eventually meets the ever rising track just before you get to the highest reservoir, Wessenden Head.

I've placed the cache just below the leat in a spot where you get good views of lower Wessenden - Butterley & Blakeley reservoirs. Behind them you can see Millstone Edge & Pule Hill.
The sun was setting orange behind Pule Hill when I placed the cache. The evenings are the best time to be up these parts.

There is a bit of history on the construction of the Wessenden & nearby Deer Hill reservoirs, taken from History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies By T. W. Woodhead. available to read on Tolson Museum website.
Here's an extract. “The first reservoir to be constructed, after Incorporation, was at Deerhill, for which powers were obtained by the Act of 1869. the site had already been selected by the Waterworks Commissioners.
In George Crowther’s report September 27th, 1861, he said the deputation of the Waterworks Commissioners visited "Lingards Moor and inspected the reservoir on Lord Dartmouth’s estate containing about three-and-a-half-acres originally constructed by the millowners and at present not in use…. There is a good spring on the north side of Deer Hill which flows into Lingards Reservoir, the quality of which was pronounced by one of your deputation to be so good that any mixture spoiled it."
On this site the Corporation commenced the construction of the Deerhill Reservoir and it included the old Deerhill or Lingards Reservoir in the north-east corner.
The first sod was cut in August, 1870, and the foundation stone laid by the Mayor, Alderman C.H. Jones, first Chairman of the Waterworks Committee, on September 21st, 1871. It was filled to overflowing on September 3rd, 1875, and had a capacity of 160 million gallons ; the cost was £127,095 7s. 5d. Later by raising the overflow the capacity has been increased to 171 million gallons.
In addition to the springs, water is conveyed into the reservoir by means of a catchwater conduit two-and-a-half miles long which starts near the Wessenden Head Reservoir at 1,260 feet O.D., follows the side of the valley to Buin Edge, then at Upper Acre Head turns westwards along Holme Moor to the reservoir at Deerhill. To meet the requirements of the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act, 1930, the puddle core of the embankment was raised.”

This cache is the 2nd in the Wessenden Hike Multi series (GC169PY)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jnyy raq - haqre n zbffl ebpx

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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