Buckingham Road and Bridge- Midlothian Mine Series Traditional Cache

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YetAnotherReviewer: There has been no response from the CO. Without recent communication on future cache availability, we can't hold this area for you any longer and so we are archiving this cache. Please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

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Hidden : 4/3/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Since I got a FTF today, figured I needed to continue the good karma and place another cache.


Earliest history of the road

1762
John Cobbs paid 17 lbs. for building bridge across Falling Creek on Buckingham Road. (obviously not the bridge you are looking at)

Early in the life of the field, coal was transported from the mines by wagon over dirt roads (mainly Buckingham from the Midlothian area pits) to Richmond.

The nearby Woolridge Pits were created because coal was turned up by the wagon wheels on this road. The earliest record of this mine was 1790.

The Falling Creek-Manchester Turnpike (now Midlothian Turnpike) was built near the pits of Midlothian and Black Heath in 1802-1804 primarily to relieve coal wagon traffic on the Buckingham Road.

Imagine trying to get up the hill to your left when it is muddy being stuck behind coal carriages. It must have been a nightmare.


The new bridge
Awards
One of only three nominees for VDOT’s 2006 Construction Quality Award
Cited by VDOT for environmental excellence
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