GC3H72Q Whitburn Lime Kilns (Traditional Cache) in North East England, United Kingdom created by waxer26

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GC3H72Q ▼

A cache by waxer26 Message this owner

Hidden : 4/16/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Whitburn Lime Kilns.

No room for a pencil now, so please bring your own.

PLEASE PARK IN NEAR BY CAR PARKS AND PLEASE CROSS THIS BUSY ROAD SENSIBLY.

Watch out there are lots of Muggle cars passing here all the time. Stealth is required to get this one!

First of all, many thanks to The National Trust for giving their permission for me to place this cache at the kilns.

Whitburn Lime Kilns
The remains of the limekilns that are, perhaps the most visible reminder of this area's industrial past.

Limestone has been quarried at Marsden for many years. The stone was used in some notable local buildings, including Whitburn windmill.

These limekilns were built in the 1870s, taking advantage of Whitburn colliery which provided fuel for burning the limestone to make quick or unslaked lime (calcium oxide). Quicklime was used to neutralise soil, and to make cement and concrete. It was also important for the steel and chemical industries.

You can still see two types of limekilns here. The older ones are in the square shaped building, and the later ones are circular. The bands around the circular kilns are made of iron and were designed to reinforce the structures.

The kilns were essentially large ovens. Layers of limestone and coal were poured in the top and burnt slowly. The resulting quicklime would be extracted at the bottom and loaded onto railway wagons. This was almost a continuous process, with more limestone and coal being added at the top, as quicklime was taken out at the bottom.

The rail line brought in coal to fire the kilns from Whitburn Colliery. The line continued to the docks at South Shields on which was transported the quicklime.

The cache is comouflaged but not too difficult to find. Cache contains a log only, no room for anything else.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg ba gur oneo jver srapr sbe fnsrgl ernfbaf

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)