LOCUT Pm Cache Traditional Cache
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This cache is dedicated to the Locust Point Marine Terminal
Well before the year 1700 ships sailed up the Chesapeake to deliver
goods from Europe and load ships with a variety of crops,
productsand natural resources harvested from the the fertile
grounds of the new world. It wasn't long before the Baltimore area
became a thriving manufacturing community and the port became a
busy busy place, making sure the American economy surged forward
and expandable immigrant labor was continuously made available from
hungry and desperate Slavs and Europeans. The international traders
and transportation barrens became exceedingly rich and the workers
at the other end of the scale worked long hours and learned to numb
the pain with alcohol. What you see in this area are the remnants
of years past. Cachers, welcome to the Port of Baltimore.
As you travel up Fort Avenue you will notice a bar on every corner.
These taverns were popular with the local workers who lived in
Locust Point and worked on the docks. There was once an immigrant
processing facility here, the second largest in the country though
smaller than Ellis Island. The incoming passenger ships would dock
and the immigrants were processed immediately and placed on rail
cars to their final American destination. The city wanted to give
these incoming unwashed masses the least amount of opportunity to
lollygag around to cause mayhem and spread disease.
As you cross the railroad bridge you may look both north and south
and see the shoreline which was once ringed with bustling piers
where cargo ships were loaded and unloaded of a multitude of items.
With the invention of high-speed cranes, and shipping container
processingthe Locust Point Marine Terminal is less a hub of
activity and much more a calm barren impervious surfaced parking
lot. You may look southwestward and catch sight of cruise ship,
coming, going or docked. This is a great spot if you like cruising
with the Carnival Cruise lines, you can park your car at the dock
right near the ship. There is easy access from I-95, you pretty
much have your own cruise-line exit and entrance. In a strange turn
of event the cruise-ship passengers desire the least amount of
opportunity to stop in Baltimore City lest they might rub shoulders
with the unwashed masses that live here.
If you look to the northwest you will see a Sanctuary. The
Sanctuary is the home to osprey and their chicks. Take your field
glasses and see if you can see mom teaching her young ones to fly,
fish and dive.The giant empty parking lot in front of the Sanctuary
has been used to store both new cars and used cars. Although now
you see no cars. Most recently it was used as a storage lot for
used SUVs that were being transported by roro ship to Cotonou City
in Benin, Africa. Once the cars arrive at Cotonou they were
smuggled to Nigeria and Niger for resale. As you get closer to the
cache you might see aluminum ingot stored on the other side of the
street. Futures traders buy them when the price of aluminum is low
and wait for the market to go up. Aluminum ingot can wait patiently
in the rain and snow for years before it finds its final
destination. The cache is easy to find.
Do not park at the bus stop. There is plenty of free parking on
Fort Avenue near the cache. Please make every
effort to thoroughly and completely rehide the cache. This is a
high muggle area.
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