Penrhyn Slate Train: 5, Port, End of the line Multi-Cache

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Southerntrekker: Hi There

As the owner has not responded to either my log or my colleague's previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 4/25/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A straight forward multi, the object of this series is to walk where possible the slate train from Penrhyn Quarry down to Port Penrhyn and this stage brings you to the Port.

The history of Port Penrhyn can be traced back as early as 1713 when it was recorded that 14 shipments totaling 415,000 slates had been sent to Dublin. In 1720, another 8 shipments totaling 155,000 slates were sent to Dublin, two to Drogheda (20,000) and one to Belfast (35,000). Two years later, a shipment of 80,000 slates were sent to Dunkirk. After these few shipments only coastal traffic left from Aber-Cegin (Port Penrhyn) until Richard Pennant took over the ownership of Penrhyn Estates and appointed Benjamin Wyatt in 1786 as agent, Wyatt addressed the problem of bringing slates from the quarry at Bethesda to Port Penrhyn by laying a rail line between the two sites. A stone wharf was built at the mouth of the River Cegin by 1790, it was further extended in 1829-30 and a final extension took place in 1855 with a breakwater on the eastern side, forming an inner basin; Port Penrhyn was created.

For Geocachers on cycles, it is possible to cycle from Slate Train 5 The Port up to Slate Train 1 The Quarry, and then work your way back down completing the series, but please note that Slate Train 2 will be difficult for you to complete with your bike as it does mean that you will have to carry and push you cycle for part of the way, but it might be worth the effort, for the Geocachers on foot it is possible to walk to stage 2 and work your way back down, but stage 1 is quite a distance away, but not impossible if you have the time to spare.

Suggested parking at N53 13.120 W004 06.929.

Wheelchair accessible, but please note that distance to complete is approx 2km.

The above co-ords are for the first part of the multi, for the co-ords for part 2 use the info here.

Answer, A = Number of timber uprights it originally took to form the bike bench, before the vandals took two.

Part 2 co-ords will now be
N53 14.00(A-2) W004 06.64(A-5)

At the second location you need info to complete the co-ords for the final location.

What is the numeric date on the slate?
Answer = B,C,D,E

Final location N53* 13. AB(D-C) W004* 06. E0(C-B)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra ol n fgbar haqre n snyyra byq vil pbirerq gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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