This was a monumental task which required the labour of over 400 workers, many of which lived with their families at the work site. The segments were mass produced at a factory on the Goodridge Peninsula (Cooper's Cove) and then hauled up the hillside where a temporary railway would take the segments to both ends. The pipe was built inwards as the railway was removed. You can still see the telegraph poles and lines along the pipe today.
I happened to be walking along the pipe one day looking for a place to hide the cache. Oddly enough when I was there, the pipe had water flowing through it, even though it had been decommissioned for 40 years. I came to a manhole at the above co-ordinates and dropped the cache in the centre. At the time, the water was 85cm deep. Where ever would it end up? The cache floated for 5.104 minutes down the channel where a hiker magically plucked it out and hid it under the pipe right then and there. (There was no manhole or crack at that location though; that would narrow the possible hiding places too much!
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***Random Points***
- The 5 difficulty rating reflects the specialized equipment required to find the cache.
- The cache is not in a dangerous location. There is no rappelling off a trestle or bushwacking down to get to it. Just hop off the pipe. It could be anywhere though...
- Cache is a small un-camoed lock n' lock. I'll cut you a break...
- From the starting co-ordinates to the cache is somewhere between 200m-700m down the pipe.
- You will need to measure the diameter at the site. This prevents you from using those handy java applets. Look carefully and be careful about which diameter you measure. Bring a scientific calculator.
- The pipe is CRD property and is on CRD land if anyone asks. Walk but don't drive up Impala Road!!!
- The current stance of the CRD is that walking on the pipe is done so at your own risk.
You can call home and check your fuzzy solution (30m radius) at the link below: Geochecker.com.