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Old Houston: Safety Follows Wisdom Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Vertighost: As this cache has been unavailable or unserviceable for a period in excess of 30 days, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. Please note that caches that have been archived due to lack of owner maintenance and/or owner communication are not eligible to be unarchived.

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Hidden : 4/27/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A park and grab at the end of an industrial street. Recommended for daytime only.

Congratulations to -Scarecrow- on being first to find. Good things are worth waiting for.

This is the first in a series of old and sometimes odd places that are in need of a cache. The area east of downtown contains some remarkable and unusual remnants of prior eras that will gradually disappear over the next decade do the the gentrification happening in the neighborhoods.

The Art Deco marker at this site was placed here to celebrate and promote worker safety. The plant is long gone and the lot is bare, but the monument remains as a testament to attempts to improve the life of workers and to the beauty of the Art Deco style.

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The inscription says:
Portland Cement Association
Safety Trophy Awarded
Trinity Portland Cement Company
Houston, Texas Plant For A
Perfect Safety Record in 1929

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc ba gur oneorq jver fhccbeg.

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)