Chimney #6 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

ILReviewer: Since I haven't heard from the owner I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache in the next couple of months, please e-mail me at IllinoisGeocacher@yahoo.com and I'll unarchive it as soon as I can.

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Hidden : 12/19/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

#6 in my chimney series. The cache is not placed in the chimney....that would be too obvious

This cache hsas been placed with permission from Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources.
1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with permission.
2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food items,inappropriate,offensive, or hazardous materials.
3. It is the visitors responsibility or orient themselves with policies and rules pertaining to this Department managed site.

At this cache site you are on the old I & M lateral canal. This was an industrial spur that carried water and barge traffic from the Illinois and Michigan Canal to a large basin at what is now the Lincoln Place parking lot. The lateral canal's flowing water, powered turbines that kept Ottawa industry humming.
After commercial use of the canal ended, Mayor Hubert Hilliard organized a program that put hundreds of men, idled by the Great Depression, to work filling in the "ditch" and mining a vein of coal in the canal.

The chimney I am showing you today is on the old building on the canal's bank. A neat old building in desperate need of renovation and upkeep.

Additional Hints ()

Va srrqre pnany ybpx tngr fgehpgher 40 sg sebz ohvyqvat

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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