Peak Forest Canal - Dog-gone Traditional Cache

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TAGANDY: It's been dropped in the cut too many times - time to say goodbye.

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Hidden : 2/15/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

An easy micro on the Peak Forest Canal.

I thought it was about time I launched a few caches of my own, and as caches on the Peak Forest Canal are somewhat sporadic, my first few will hopefully fill some of the gaps.

The canal was authorised by a 1794 Act of Parliament to run from Dukinfield near Ashton-under-Lyne to Chapel Milton, a few miles east of Bugsworth. The Upper Level from Marple to Bugsworth was completed in 1796; the Lower Level from Dukinfield to Marple Aqueduct by 1800. The aqueduct and Marple’s 16 locks took another five years, so linking the two levels.

The bridge here carries Ashton Street across the canal, but retains its former name of Dog Lane Bridge, when it carried an ancient right of way linking Audenshaw and Dukinfield. South of the bridge on the east side was Dog Lane cotton mill, and on the west bank, set back from Ashton Street, was the Barnmeadow cotton mill. The latter had a private arm from the canal – nothing remains but you can fix its position by the ‘wide’ on the opposite bank of the canal, which allowed boats to turn in and out, and by the gateway in the high wall on the towpath side.

Behind the wide on the east side, now part of Roland Bardsley’s works, was Dukinfield Hall, parts of which dated back to the 14th century, though it seems that all traces of the Hall and its Chapel have disappeared in the last 20 years or so.

FTF honours to meltdiceburg

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Friragu urnira

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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