Best of the Battle Traditional Cache
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PB Jar in cammo. Please rehide well. I have wired this one to a tree because of it being muggles twice already. Once by a two legged type and once by a 4 legged type.
This cache is located by the Battle River Coal-Fired Generating Station. There is open water at this site all year round and is a great place to fish and bird watch all year. Canoeing in the summer is amazing and there is a Provincial Park around the corner to camp in. (With a few caches, I might add.)
The Battle River Generating Station is located about 360 kilometres northeast of Calgary on the banks of the Battle River. The station is a major employer for people living in the farming communities surrounding the station.
Fuel:
The majority of Alberta’s electric energy comes from coal-fired generating stations like Battle River. Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. supplies the coal which is surface-mined from the Paintearth and Vesta coal mines. The mines are located directly south of the station, making transportation of the coal fast and efficient.
Water Source:
Water for the Battle River Generating Station is supplied by a reservoir created in 1954 by a 12-metre high dam located on the Battle River.
Land reclamation process:
The Battle River Generating Station works with the mining company Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. to ensure the land that is mined is returned to levels of productivity as good or better than existed previously to mining.
Capacity
Units 3, 4 & 5: 675 megawatts
Equipment
Units 3 and 4 have Alstom boilers and General Electric turbine-generators
Unit 5 has an Alstom boiler and a Hitachi turbine-generator
Highlights
Battle River Station has operated since 1956, but Units 1 and 2 were retired and dismantled in 2000
Unit 3 went into service in 1969, Unit 4 in 1975 and Unit 5 in 1981
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Treasures
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