Furnace in Barrow Traditional Cache
John d Jordan: It looks like this cache might of gone missing. I say looks like because I've occasionally failed to find it and then it would turn up again. The problem was the large area where the cache can be hidden. The cache kept being moved to ingenious hiding places. I'm creating a new listing for a cache in this area using a new hiding place.
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This cache is located in an area where you can sit and read about the history of Barrow in Furness’s iron and steel industry. The large frieze shows the different types of furnaces that were in use at Barrow’s ironworks and gives an idea how they evolved over a period of time.
Barrow’s iron industry took off when Henry Schneider discovered huge deposits of haematite in 1850. The ironworks closed in 1963 after the last of the local iron mines close. The steelworks closed in 1983 where it was later demolished and now is the site of Furness College and Channel Side industrial estate.
I’ve gone for a larger cache container for this location. It can be quite hard to find urban hiding places for larger cache containers so I hope it lasts for a while.
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(Decrypt)
Fgnaq va zvqqyr rnegu naq jnyx bire Puvan vagb gur fcbgyvtug (onpx gb 1952).
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