This cache
was hidden for the first annual "
It's Great to See DST! A
Breakfast Event ".
You'll be looking for one of our
little seed caches. This cache will take you to a very small park
in front of the Montgomery Police Department. The park features a
short walking path, a pond, and a stave silo. You'll get a real
close look at the silo while hunting the cache.
Here's a little information from
Wikipedia:
"Concrete stave silos are constructed from small precast concrete
blocks with ridged grooves along each edge that lock them together
into a high strength shell. Much of concrete's strength comes from
its high compressibility, so the silo is held together by steel
hoops encircling the tower and compressing the staves into a tight
ring. The vertical stacks are held together by intermeshing of the
ends of the staves by a short distance around the perimeter of each
layer, and hoops which are tightened directly across the stave
edges.
The static pressure of the material
inside the silo pressing outward on the staves increases towards
the bottom of the silo, so the hoops can be spaced wide apart near
the top but become progressively more closely spaced towards the
bottom to prevent seams from opening and the contents leaking
out.
Concrete stave silos are built from
common components designed with high strength and long life. They
have the flexibility to have their height increased according to
the needs of the farm and purchasing power of the farmer, or to be
completely disassembled and reinstalled somewhere else if no longer
needed."