C&O Canal, Cumberland Terminus Mystery Cache

It was on the Fourth of July in 1828 that both the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal began building westward from the seaboard to the Ohio River. The geography dictated an intermediate goal of Cumberland, Maryland. The B&O reached Cumberland in 1842; the Canal came in 1850.

An eight year head start was enough to provide quite a monopoly to the railroad. The Canal, stalled at Williamsport, proved a major customer for the B&O, however. Trans-shipment of coal was done for the Washington / Georgetown / Alexandria markets. The B&O hauled the coal from Cumberland to Williamsport, where it was loaded onto canal boats for the remainder of the trip. This practice continued until the Canal reached Cumberland.

1850: The Story Begins
The early residents of Cumberland recognized the need to develop the city as a transportation hub and to build on its role as the starting point of the westbound National Road. Appealing to the promoters of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

The City of Cumberland donated land for the Boat Basin, granted the Canal Company indemnity from any flood damage, and gained a new economic stronghold as the Canal's western terminus. When it opened in 1850 the C&O Canal ushered in an era of rapid development that established the City of Cumberland as the “Gateway to the West” for many modes of travel.

Westernport and Piedmont, sister cities across the Potomac River, became a logical target for connection of the Georges Creek region with other railroads or the canal. One of the two proposed paths for the canal westward from Cumberland to the Ohio River would have passed through Westernport. Unfortunately, the Canal Company ran out of money, and stopped at Cumberland.

After 1850, the canal offered lower prices for coal transportation than the railroad, and provided the most direct, although not the quickest path to the Washington, D.C. area. Trains from Cumberland to Baltimore typically took 10 hours, where a canal boat trip from Cumberland to Georgetown was 5 days. Coal flowed into Cumberland from the Georges Creek and Eckhart mines over a series of short line railroads, mostly consolidated into the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad by 1870. To get to the canal loading wharves, the C&P had to cross B&O tracks. The B&O extracted a toll for this passage.

The original loading wharves allowed bottom dumping of a coal car directly into a canal boat -- a major improvement over the hand-shoveling method. Originally not a major structure, the facility allowed only for one loaded coal car at a time, pulled by horses. Later, Consolidation Coal would build a large concrete structure for canal boat loading. A typical canal boat held 120 tons of bulk cargo. Railroad cars of the time would hold 10 tons, so a dozen cars would be loaded into one boat.

Once you have visited and Enjoyed the Canal Place Heritage Area. You can do some basic math to complete this Puzzle cache.

Using the North Coordinate add (+) .081 to the final digits and Using the West Coordinate subtract (-) .152 from the final digits.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Once completed you will locate this micro cache, with a Log only. No room for a writing utensil so BYOP.

Stealth will be at the utmost priority, this is a HIGH MUGGLE AREA most if not all of the time. Please take your time, Locate the cache then make your grab.
This micro and its host are attached, Please leave them that way. Unscrew the the bottom to remove log and replace as found.