Little Crossings Traditional Cache
FrancisScottKey: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.
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FrancisScottKey
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This cache shares its name with the name given to this river by George Washington when he crossed on June 19, 1755, with General Edward Braddock on the ill-fated expediton to Fort Duquesne(Pittsburgh). Small cache only room for a log. Bring your own pencil/pen.
"The construction of the beautiful stone Castleman’s River Bridge (now known as Casselman) was supervised in 1813 by David Shriver, Jr., Superintendent of the “Cumberland Road”, then the National Road. This 80 foot span was the largest stone arch in America at the time. It was used continuously from 1813 to 1933", and for many years following 1933 even after the opening of the current US Route 40. "A flood of wagons, stagecoaches, livestock and foot travelers wore the stone bed down by 1830. A new nine inch “macadamized” layer of stone kept the old bridge open for another 120 years."
It was reopened in the summer of 2008 for horse and buggy traffic while the US 40 bridge was being repaired.
Acarina recalls the excitement of going over the bridge in an automobile as a child. It was a free thrill ride and the driver could accentuate the thrill by controlling the acceleration at the top.
From this location one can see two additional bridges spanning the Casselman River, a real tribute to the transportation industry. “While advances in transportation technology have given us the interstate system, this path through the Alleghenies hasn’t changed in over three centuries.”
(Quotes from historic signs near the cache.)
Permission to place this cache was granted by Mike Gregory, manager of New Germany and Casselman Bridge State Parks.
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