GC12YKH Water Towers (Unknown Cache) in Mississippi, United States created by ADS1

GC12YKH ▼

A cache by ADS1 Message this owner

Hidden : 5/23/2007

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

THE POSTED COORDINATES ARE NOT THE ACTUAL COORDINATES! YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO THERE!

To find the cache you must get the coordinates to one or more water towers.

A water tower is an incredibly simple device. Although water towers come in all shapes and sizes, they all do the same thing: A water tower is simply a large, elevated tank of water. Water towers are tall to provide pressure. Each foot of height provides 0.43 PSI (pounds per square Inch) of pressure. A typical municipal water supply runs at between 50 and 100 PSI (major appliances require at least 20 to 30 PSI). The water tower must be tall enough to supply that level of pressure to all of the houses and businesses in the area of the tower. So water towers are typically located on high ground, and they are tall enough to provide the necessary pressure. In hilly regions, a tower can sometimes be replaced by a simple tank located on the highest hill in the area. A water tower's tank is normally quite large. A normal in-ground swimming pool in someone's backyard might hold something like 20,000 or 30,000 gallons (that's a lot of water!), and a typical water tower might hold 50 times that amount! Typically, a water tower's tank is sized to hold about a day's worth of water for the community served by the tower. If the pumps fail (for example, during a power failure), the water tower holds enough water to keep things flowing for about a day.

Water Towers can also be good land marks. For example, in Starkville Mississippi, there are several water towers in and around town. They are located close to industrial parks, subdivisions, a Recplex, an eating place, the ABE Building, a school,a plant, a trailer court, Talking Warrior and nearby towns.

Here is some information that may be useful in finding the cache. From the cache site the following measurements were taken.

SOCCER FIELDS:223 degrees;3.42 miles
ABE:197 degrees;1.04 miles
SCHOOL:260 degrees;1.72 miles
TALKING WARRIOR:214 degrees;6.13 miles
SUBDIVISION:247 degrees;2.55 miles
EATING PLACE:213 degrees;1.99 miles
TRAILER COURT:118 degrees;1.30 miles
RECPLEX:192 degrees;2.01 miles