Widow's Walk Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/26/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:



A widow’s walk (or roofwalk) is a railed rooftop platform often with a small enclosed cupola often found on 19th century North American houses. A popular romantic myth holds that the platform was used to observe vessels at sea. The name comes from the wives of mariners, who would watch for their spouses’ return, often in vain as the ocean took the lives of the mariners, leaving the women as widows. However, there is little or no evidence that widow’s walks were intended or regularly used for this purpose. Widow’s walks are in fact a standard decorative feature of Italianate architecture, which was very popular during the height of the Age of Sail in many North American coastal communities. The widow’s walk is a variation of the Italianate cupola The Italianate cupola, also known as a “belvedere”, was an important ornate finish to this style, although it was often high maintenance and prone to leaks. Beyond their use as viewing platforms, they are frequently built around the chimney of the residence, thus creating an easy access route to the structure. This allows the residents of the home to pour sand down burning chimneys in the event of a chimney fire in the hope of preventing the house from burning down - Taken from Wikipedia - Although the Widow’s Walk that is referred to in this cache is not on a building, and is not overlooking the ocean, it is overlooking water.

The difficulty level is high as this is a high muggle area.

Bring your own writing stick.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qrpba pbagnvare

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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