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The Chart Room Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

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Hidden : 10/14/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache should be an easy find though muggles can be frequently seen either walking or riding past. The log container is now a 5 cm clear plastic cylinder with log and pencil. Tweezers may be needed to remove log. You will need to 'duck your head' to find - be careful!

This two level building is built of the usual Goolwa building material – travertine stone. It was the former chart room of Curson & Hooker’s Goolwa Iron Works and Patent Slip who had set up near Sturt’s Landing, and was used for the storage of their plans and charts to do with their boatbuilding business. It is the last surviving relic (apart from the beam engine – now housed in the History Trust Museum) of the shipbuilding industry in Goolwa. Goolwa Iron Works and Patent Slip is reputed to be the only location on the Murray Darling system where paddle steamers were totally assembled including the steam engine. The only remaining evidence of Goolwa Iron Foundry is this small stone building. There were 33 paddle steamers and 25 barges built at Goolwa from 1853-1912, and 30 to 40 men were employed in their heyday. By 1885 Goolwa Iron Works and Patent Slip was forced to close. In the 1990’s the Chart Room came into its own again as part of a Maritime Gallery. Source: http://alexhistory.pbworks.com

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe n ubyr va gur jbbqra ornz arne gur jnyy

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)