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Not quite Alcatraz (Wellington) Traditional Geocache

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TheCoddiwompler: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 5/8/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A drive by cache near one of Wellington's prisons... while it is a concrete structure on top of a cliff it's not quite Alcatraz!

The co-ordinates will take you to Wellington Prison, formerly known as Mt Crawford Prison.

Wellington prison holds up to 120 male, voluntary segregated minimum and medium security prisoners.

While men too tough for any other prison met their match on the windy, desolate, and inescapable Alcatraz.

Wellington Prison was built in 1927 to replace the Terrace Gaol in central Wellington.

Alcatraz held a number of Confederate sympathizers between 1861 and 1865, including 39 men who praised the assassination of President Lincoln. Alcatraz began holding Indian prisoners in 1873, including 19 Hopi who refused to send their children to English only schools. In the wake of the 1906 earthquake, civilian prisoners were transferred to the island until the city's jails could be rebuilt. When the three-story cellhouse was completed in 1912 it was the world's largest steel-reinforced concrete structure.

Prisoners in Wellington Prison prisoners are employed in a workshop or in a plastics industry. Most employed prisoners undertake domestic duties in the prison with a smaller number maintaining buildings and working on the grounds.

At Alcatraz during World War II, inmates made khakis, fatigues and cargo nets for the war effort.

Despite 14 attempts by 36 prisoners over 29 years, no one ever successfully escaped Alcatraz

Wellington Prison had four prisoners attempt escape in 2009 with one briefly successful!

Cache used to be a camouflaged container but someone has replaced it with a small plastic bottle, you will need your own pen/pencil, please sign initials only

Note: From the sign onwards is private prison road, there is no need to go any further up the road than the sign

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Anzr bs zbivr fgneevat Frna Pbaarel, Avpbynf Pntr naq Rq Uneevf, onfr bs gerr, yrsg unaq fvqr bs cngu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)