Brindley’s Bends – Newbold Quarry Traditional Cache
Slow_Gin: Decided to do away with this one
Brindley’s Bends – Newbold Quarry
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A film can located along the route of a disused stretch of canal. Special care should be taken of geokids near water. Bring your own pen.
The Oxford Canal, designed by James Brindley and built during the period 1774 to 1790, was one of the earliest canals in England. Built as a contour canal, it slavishly followed a level line and followed a tortuous route from Coventry to Oxford. In the 1830’s, taking advantage of developments in civil engineering, its line was shortened by some 20 miles, and reduce the time it took for boats to travel from the collieries of the Midlands to London.
This series of caches are placed along parts of the now defunct original Oxford Canal line.
As the canal headed east from Newbold tunnel, it made a couple of short loops to the north of the present line. Traces of these detours can still be seen in the fields on the offside of the canal. The original Green’s Bridge (51) was a few yards north east of the present bridge. The canal then turned southeast towards a lime and cement quarry before curving around what is now a housing estate towards the present Rugby Wharf. The quarry has now become the Newbold Quarry Park, and the cache is located just outside the park.
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(Decrypt)
Vil pbirerq gerr
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