TUC-60 New Britain Resevoir Dam Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: 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.

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Hidden : 3/16/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Didn't know there was a New Britain Reservoir in Burlington?

The major change impacting the town occurred as a result of water needs outside the borders of Burlington. Nearby cities of Hartford and New Britain, seeking to secure adequate water supplies, purchased significant areas of Burlington farmland for the creation of reservoirs. By 1909, the Hartford City Water Company (Present day Metropolitan District Commission, or MDC) secured all the watershed of the north and the City of New Britain purchased farms in the Whigville area, thus securing all of the watershed facing to the south. Soon after reservoirs were built -- Nepaug in the north, which includes portions of Burlington, New Hartford and Canton, and the New Britain Reservoir, which is located to the south in Whigville. When the total acreage of these reservoirs and their watersheds are combined, they represent over one quarter of the total land area of Burlington. While the creation of the reservoirs preserved vast tracts of land as open space, it also served to decrease the already limited population as residents formerly located in these areas moved away.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cvar gerr ba gur fvqr bs gur ebnq.

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)


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