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Historical Places of Ogdensburg -- II Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/6/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A Micro Cache located at the site of the first railroad bridge over the Rutland Line and Predecessors.

This is a Micro Cache hidden at the site of the first railroad bridge over the Rutland Line and Predecessors in Ogdensburg. You will need to bring a pencil to sign the log. My GPSr had an accuracy of 12 feet while placing this cache.

Please place the cache back exactly as you found it. Stealth is required as there are muggles all around the area.

Rutland Line historical information:

The Rutland Railroad began as the Champlain & Connecticut River R.R. which was incorporated on November 1 1843, led by Burlington steamship businessman Timothy Follett.

Construction began in 1847 and the name was changed to "Rutland and Burlington Railroad".

December 18, 1848 The Rutland & Burlington Railroad is completed from Bellows Falls, via Rutland to Burlington.

Timothy Follett became the first elected president of the Rutland Railroad in 1849.

The Western Vermont Railroad (later the Bennington & Rutland Railroad) is completed between North Bennington and Rutland.

In May 1860 the Vermont Central Railroad completes the line between its Burlington station and the Burlington Station of the Rutland allowing for direct connections between the two railroads.

In 1867, The Rutland Burlington Railroad is reorganized and renamed the Rutland Railway Company under the leadership of John Page, president of Rutland's Howe Scale Works. The Rutland and Burlington became more commonly known as the Rutland Railroad at this point.

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