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Old Co-op Works Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/12/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The site of the CWS Irlam Margarine Factory.

Boots recommended as the path gets VERY wet and muddy.

Cache is small locktab

**** Congratulations to tech17 for the FTF ****

The CWS opened a margarine factory in Higher Irlam near Manchester.

In the 1950s the CWS was selling Gold Seal and Silver Seal brands of margarine.

Located adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal and to the west of the Irlam - Manchester railway embankment.

The works had its own internal railway system, with a saddle tank locomotive and a fireless locomotive.
This loco is on static display nearby, alongside the A57 road in Cadishead "Going Loco" cache GC1BG5P

The main A57 is a busy “Clearway” you can’t even stop on it !

So I would highly recommend going into Irlam and parking at N053 26.786 W002 24.737

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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)