This cache is located on the property of the former Continental Can Company (CCC). CCC was an American producer of metal containers and packaging company. It was founded by Edwin Norton and T.G. Cranwell in 1904. During World War II, Continental Can Company helped the war effort by building aircraft parts and bombs. By 1954 the company's gross sales reached $616 million, and its net income was approximately $21 million. The introduction of the easy-to-open metal can top in 1963 led to an increase in the use of metal cans rather than glass bottles for beverages. By the end of 1966 over 45 percent of U.S. beer and over 15 percent of U.S. soft drinks were packaged in metal cans. That same year Continental introduced the first commercially practical welded can. By 1973 the metal can industry was in a crisis due to oversupply and tough competition. Both Continental and American Can were said to have made the wrong decisions in the previous decade by adding capacity for both tin plate and tin-free steel production while the aluminum can was gaining popularity. Another problem was growing public opposition to throwaway cans. Continental's profits from domestic can-making dropped from $115 million in 1969 to $52 million in 1973. The company then closed many old-style integrated manufacturing plants. The West Mifflin plant closed in 1983 making way for the SHIP. that is docked there now.
You are looking for a camo'd plastic container in the back (aft) of the SHIP. Please be discrete while looking and replace the container as found. No night caching please.
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