GC145BV Lone Rock Coke Ovens (Earthcache) in Tennessee, United States created by Lil Lucky Clover

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GC145BV ▼

A cache by Lil Lucky Clover Message this owner

Hidden : 7/6/2007

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Geocache Description:

The Lone Rock Coke Ovens
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1883 built 120 coke ovens at the Grundy Lakes. These were built to supply the area’s growing iron works. The company contracted with the state, and convicts worked the ovens until 1896. On August 13, 1892, Tracy City miners, who opposed the use of convict labor, burned the stockade and put the convicts on a train and sent them back to Nashville as had been done in Anderson County, Tennessee in 1891.
Coke Ovens
Beehive coke ovens were called that because they were built of firebrick in a beehive-like hemispherical shape, and then covered with earth to act as an insulation.

The beehive ovens were built in banks of ovens, called a battery, with a strong retaining wall in front and then covered with earth. The ovens were usually built into a hillside. The earth cover helped insulate the ovens so that they would retain the heat after firing to help fire the next batch or charge of coal.

Please do not post answers in your log, please e-mail them to me! If any answers appear in your log, I will be forced to delete it. Also, if you don't send me the information, I will be forced to delete your log. Thank you for taking time to find this little piece of nature.
NOTE: If you do NOT include a photo of you (owner of the GC account) when you log this cache, your log will be DELETED! A photo along with your log is a REQUIREMENT. No exceptions. If you choose to make it know you have found the cache, add your log as a note until you can add a photo. I'm sorry we have to be this way, but I cannot give the two or three week allowances like some do.

Requirements:
Q1 - What were the coke ovens used for? (Answer can be found online)
Q2 - Approximately how wide is the average Lone Rock Coke Oven?
Q3 - Approximately how many bricks are used to line the outside edge of an oven?
Q4 - What does the sign say in front of the ovens where you take your picture?
Q5 - How many ovens are in the battery of ovens at the picture location?
P1 - Picture in or beside the ovens at the listed coords.

Congratulations FTF - David!!!!!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)

Lone Rock Coke Ovens EarthCache

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