Ghetto 'Round the Bend Traditional Cache
Scary Skerry: Sounds like the guardrail has been removed. I'm no longer in the area and can't check on it so this cache has to be archived at this point. Thanks for the years of good finds! Happy caching.
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This cache is a park and grab located near the site of the Union Wadding Mill fire. Parking is available at the listed way-point and should be accessible year-round, night or day. Vehicular muggle traffic can be an issue depending on the time, so please use caution and stealth. During low traffic periods, it is possible to park alongside ground zero, but parking at the way-point and walking over is suggested first.
The cache is a small container with a waterproof log. It could hold micro geocoins or tbs and other very small trade items. I included a pencil in the cache, but bring your own writing instrument just in case! FTF will find a small bag inside with a geocaching poker chip for them as a prize!
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The Union Wadding Company Mill, built in the 1800s, was one in a cluster of mills found in Pawtucket's Church Hill neighborhood.
It began with the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company, originally from Rehoboth, Massachusetts (1808), who pioneered the manufacture of cotton batting, a non-woven fabric used for stuffing and lining. In 1842, Darius Goff formed a partnership with George Lawton in a cotton and paper waste business. This new company built the Pawtucket Steam Wadding Mill at the Church Hill, Pawtucket location. The mill experienced its first fire in 1851. Goff and Lawton immediately rebuilt on a larger scale and soon after dissolved their partnership. In 1870, Goff renamed the firm Union Wadding Company. It produced annually $250,000 worth of cotton wadding and sold $150,000 worth of cotton waste.
On September 10, 1870, Union Wadding suffered one of the most destructive fires ever seen in Pawtucket, the third fire at the plant in nineteen years. The plant was completely rebuilt in 1872. Most of the surviving plant dates to this 1872 rebuilding and subsequent expansion through the early 20th century. By the time of Darius Goff’s death in 1891, the company was producing 75 miles of 36” wadding per day along with its business in paper stock and cotton waste. According to some sources, Union Wadding was the largest operation of its kind in the world.
Over the past 7 years, parts of the building have been renovated into apartment lofts while other parts have remained abandoned. The five alarm fire that ripped throughout the 150 year old building on October 13, 2010 went on for more than 8 hours and continued to smolder for many hours after that. It took seven counties of firefighters to manage the blaze. The renovated section of the mill was spared by the fire and no injuries were reported, although arson was suspected as the likely cause.
On April 1, 2011...the day I also placed this cache....the Union Wadding Mill received federal recognition for its contributions to the history of the city’s industry and architecture in the National Historic Register, as reported by The Times (The Blackstone Valley's Neighborhood Newspaper).
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CONGRATS to KATnDOGZ on the FTF and on your #500th!!!
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