Due to National Park Service Regulations
The Cache is NOT Located on Park Grounds
“THE SKIRMISH AT DAM NO. 5. – It has been pretty certainly
ascertained from persons on the Virginia side of the river that in
the late skirmish at Dam No. 5, although there were but a few men
firing from this side, the rebels suffered severely, sustaining a
loss of five killed and nine wounded.
They also left behind them a cannon and about seventy dollars worth
of axes, shovels, picks, crowbars, and other implements with which
they intended to destroy the dam, and which, with the exception of
the cannon, were brought over the river on Monday by persons who
ventured across for the purpose.
About four hundred shot and shell were fired by the rebels, and it
is now believed that the Dam has been so weakened by their
depredations upon it as to be incapable, unless at once repaired,
of withstanding any unusual rise in the river. A few dollars
expended upon it now might obviate the necessity of spending a
great many thousand next spring.
On Wednesday, Capt. RUSSELL, with is Cavalry crossed the river at
the Dam, and scoured the county on the opposite side from that
print to Williamsport, but did not meet any of the enemy’s
marauders."
From the Hagerstown Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, December
18, 1861:
Power Plant and Dam No. 5, also known as
Honeywood Dam, comprises a dam on the Potomac River,
originally built for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and a power
plant built to take advantage of the river's flow to generate
hydroelectric power. The dam is included in Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal National Historical Park.
The dam was originally built to retain water for the C&O Canal
in 1835. It was modified in 1993, and is 20 feet (6.1 m) tall,
retaining 490 acres (200 ha) of reservoir.
The 1835 dam was constructed of wood cribbing, and was attacked by
Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson in December of
1861 with the aim of destroying the dam, depriving the upper
C&O Canal of water and consequently cutting off coal shipments
to Washington, D.C..
Two assaults by Jackson's forces failed to cause significant
damage to the dam.
The dam was later replaced with a stone structure, which has been
upgraded with concrete.
The power plant is a two-story brick building on the West Virginia
side of the river.
It was built circa 1900 as the Honeywood paper mill. The first
Honeywood Mill was built at the same time as the dam, in 1835 by
Edward Colston. It burned a few years later and was replaced, then
burned in the Civil War. The power plant is operated by Allegheny
Energy with a total installed capacity of 1210
kilowatts.
The dam and power plant were placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1980.
Hidden away but easily accessed is this Historic location in
Washington County along the Potomac River.
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Now for the cache search ...
Once you have visited and Enjoyed the Dam # 5
area and C&O Canal Lock # 46. You can do some basic math to
complete this Puzzle cache.
Using the North Coordinate add .035 to the final digits and Using
the West Coordinate subtract .137 from the final digits.
Once completed you will locate this micro cache, with a Log only.
No room for a writing utensil so BYOP.
Stealth should be minimal but caution Must be used as this cache is
located near the road but away from NPS property.
*** CONGRATULATIONS TO RebRon FOR THE FTF !!! ***
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
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