Brierfiled stop # 7 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/1/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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This series will be retiring 12/31/13 coins will be available thru 2/28/14

Welcome to Brierfied Iron Works passport stop 7. This tour will take you around the state to several Civil War historic sites. . The listed coordinates take you to the cache in a park with a neat old furnace and several other caches

Stop # 6 is GC380BW Gorgas House Stop #6.
There are tradeable items in this ammo can. Enjoy a smiley or complete the passport series. Please leave the stamp in the cache for those that want to do the Passport Series. Down load your passport from (visit link) and when you have acquired the appropriate stamps a limited edition coin will be yours. Just take your completed passport to the Decatur Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and they will give you your coin. DCVB is open Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sat: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday Sun: 1:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m.

A list of all 20 caches can be found at vesole.com

Welcome to Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
The Brierfield Furnace site was developed in 1861 by Caswell Campbell Huckabee, a Greensboro planter, and Jonathan Newton Smith, a Bibb County planter, on land purchased from Jesse Mahan near the Little Cahaba River, a tributary of the Cahaba. The endeavor was initially known as the Bibb County Iron Company, with Huckabee providing most of the capital and slave labor for construction. Richard Fell was employed to build a 36-foot (11 m) high stone blast furnace and, in 1862, a rolling mill. The company produced cast iron initially, but soon changed over to the more lucrative production of wrought iron. The iron was used to produce farm implements.
In the years following the closure the site lay abandoned. During the World War II era thousands of bricks were scavenged from the site. In 1976 the Bibb County Commission, at the urging of the Bibb County Historical Society, created a park containing 45 acres . This initial effort has evolved over the years into what is now the Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park.

The park staff is aware of all the caches in the park, they are very nice and can be a source of additional information if needed. Stop by the store and say hi

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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