Bridgewater Ironworks Park Traditional Cache

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Massquerade: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note. The cache owner should retrieve any remaining cache contents at their earliest convenience.

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Hidden : 11/4/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Bridgewater Ironworks Park

Small but historically significent site dating back to 1691. Perfect for the first-time cacher. Park near the social club and walk in from there. The Bridgewater Ironworks Park is approximately 12 acres. It is located on the Town River in a residential neighborhood just a short walk from downtown Bridgewater. It and the adjacent DPW yard are both parts of the former site of one of the oldest iron foundries in Massachusetts. It was established in 1691 and operated continuously until 1988 when the ironworks closed and the site was given to the Town of Bridgwater. It is likely that the foundry supplied iron parts and nails for the shipwrights who launched several small vessels from the Titicut Conservation Area on the Taunton River in the late 1700s and early 1800s. By 1860 this plant was the second largest producer of iron in the United States. It produced raw iron, munitions, and armor plating during the Civil War.

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