AGT-McKean-Heffner Reservoir 2 Traditional Cache
curly top: Pleae read the log from July 20th. Thank you.
AGT-McKean-Heffner Reservoir 2
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(From downtown Bradford, head west on West Corydon Street
(until it ends), about 5 miles at the Bradford City Water Plant. Do
NOT enter the water plant, but rather park in the small parking
area on the right, just outside the gates. This is public parking.
“In 1950, the city applied for and was granted water allocations to
withdraw water from the North Branch of Sugar Run and the West
Branch of Tunugnwant Creek. Following receipt of these allocations,
persons involved with the operation of the water system became
concerned that the proposed points of withdrawal might become
contaminated from the upstream operation of portions of the
Bradford Oil Fields. In 1955 the two points of water withdrawal
were abandoned and a decision was made to construct a new reservoir
on the West Branch of the Tunungwant Creek above Kissem Run. This
is the site of Reservoir Number 5, now known as Heffner Reservoir.
When it came time to acquire land and construct the Heffner
Reservoir, the City of Bradford recognized that it did not have
sufficient financial resources to construct a facility of the
magnitude being proposed. Therefore, in 1955 the Bradford City
Water Authority was created and charged, as its initial project,
with the acquistion of the land, planning and construction of the
proposed new reservoir.” Information acquired from
www.bradfordwater.com - “History” Cache was hidden in typical Curly
Top style – using lots of geo”clues”! Terrain is two due to having
to cross a small ditch to get to the cache area; otherwise, the
terrain is relatively easy. Depending on the season, you should
have a pretty view of the reservoir from the cache. Please note,
GPS would not settle, so accuracy was in the 45 ft.
range.)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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