CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES, but it's location is similar...
You get 44°1A.BCD 88°2E.FGH
The Lutz family has a long business history in the Fox Valley. In 1885, Lawrence W. Lutz and his brother Edward established Lutz Brothers Ice Company and supplied refrigeration ice through out the valley. The ice was skillfully cut into large blocks from Lake Winnebago at Waverly beach, and the Fox River at what is now Lutz Park. It was then stored for the year in their ice house on the 700 block of E. Franklin Street in Appleton. Everyday, horse drawn wagons were loaded with fresh ice, and the heavy blocks were personally delivery by the Lutz “Ice Man.” Much like the ice cream trucks of today, many people have happy childhood memories of running behind the Lutz wagons, hoping to grab a chunk of cold, clean ice.
In 1930, with the invention of the modern ice making machine, the romantic days of harvesting ice were gone, and the company moved their operations to their brand new ice plant on Superior Street in Appleton. The new company was incorporated under the name of Lutz Ice Company and their motto was “Save-Food-Flavor-Money-with-Ice.” The family generously gave back to the community by donating Lutz Park to Appleton in 1935. To this day the Lutz name continues to thrive as a business built solidly on the foundation of quality work and old fashion values established by the Lutz brothers over a century ago.
Speaking of construction, the Lutz Company believed then, and does to this day, in community support and philanthropy donating materials to the construction of a pair of buildings in the years just prior to their donation of the park land.
The first of these buildings was DB' or 19' long while the second building was 2C' long, not including the buttresses, astonishing considering the fact that each construction unit weighed an incredible EGA lbs and the entire structure weighed HF tons!
The park where the final is located is one of my favorite Appleton parks, not only because of its proximity to home but because of its uniqueness and historical importance. I have been trying to figure out a way to get a cache back in this park as there is very little space, and I think a puzzle will be appropriate given the history of the park. I hope you enjoy visiting this park if you have never been here before. For those of you who have been here in the past, you may be feeling Déjà Vu and become disoriented, so please be mindful of the spring plantings. Some people get sensitive about that kind of thing!
UPDATE: 3.2.08 Added link for information as there were concerns about being able to find this link.
UPDATE: 9.18.08 The landscape plans have been taken down now that the park work is complete. However, the essential sign is still where for questions about the sailboat.
UPDATE: 1.9.10 Information from the original source no longer available and the new sources didn't quite match. Updated math and clues in italic.
UPDATE: 4.8.10 Revised clues for missing shelter clue reference. See blue copy above.
UPDATE: 12.1.16 Fixed broken link.
UPDATE: 5.26.23. Puzzle reworked, since the park space was renovated recently and many reference points are no longer there, including the original hand pump.