Wash day Traditional Cache

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mtn-man: If you can fix or verify this cache it can be easily unarchived. For now I am going to archive it. Feel free to contact me through my profile linked below if you fix it.

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Hidden : 7/8/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Water was always a problem especially for those who built homes on the ridges where elevations sometimes were three to five hundred feet above sea level. Many households depended on cisterns for water. There always seemed to be a couple of men in the community who were available to dig and cement the inside of a cistern. It would be about 35 feet deep, ballooned out after the excavation reached four feet deep, the first opening being the size of a well curb which would be installed later. Getting the dirt to the surface was a time consuming task because it had to be brought up by hand in a bucket on a rope, and then dumped nearby. When the desired depth and shape was attained, the helper on the outside had to task of missing cement and lowering it to the man below so he could plaster the wall. A weak place in the wall could mean a crack with the weight of the water, thereby losing the water supply. To fill the cistern, a trough would run from eaves of the houses to a small reservoir with charcoal over screen wire as a filter. A dry summer would mean a shortage of water. In that case, water would be hauled, usually from the artesian well at the bottom of the hill on Peach Church Road. Wash day (of family clothes) meant a trip down the hill to the branch.

It was not until 1972, after Ms. Pearl Harrington Taylor and other community leaders had plead long and hard with local officials as well as elected officials in Washington, D.C., that a Water Authority was established in Redland and the Farmers Homes Administration loaned funds to put in community water. In so many ways, this was the major turning point in this community.

Cache placed with land owners permission. This is located on the property of a business so please be respectful.

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