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Washington Mo. History #3 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

*gln: ARCHIVING ABANDONED CACHE

Greetings Mwillming,

Looks like our timing is off and It’s time to say goodbye to this cache.

Since I haven't any maintenance here in a very long time, I am going to assume that your priorities have changed and you’ve gone in a different direction.

Archiving due to lack of maintenance is permanent.
CACHE ARCHIVAL IS PERMANENT.

Let me know if I can be of assistance in the future.

Thanks a MILLION for all you have done, Glenn
"Seek quality, not quantity"

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Hidden : 7/1/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is the third of a series of cache stops highlighting historical places in Washington, Missouri.


From this cache you can see the Washington Waterworks building which was first built in 1889, after many city meetings. The town of Washington had no active plumbing system until this time except for the neighbors of Henry Tibbe. Henry had set op an ornate water tank with a windmill to pump the water into the tank. In 1886 his tank also supplied water for other families in the Fourth and Cedar Streets area.

Originally, water was pumped from the river into a large reservoir on the south side of Front Street (between Jefferson and Lafayette Streets). From this holding tank, the water flowed by gravity back to the Waterworks and into an open reservoir on the east side of the building (now covered by soil in the park area). The water was then pumped into the pipes serving the community. A stand-pipe, holding 125, 000 gallons of reserve water was located on Fifth Street (near the present-day parsonage of the Lutheran Church).

Pumps for those operations were located in a twenty ft. deep pit inside the Waterworks building. Steam to drive the pumps was produced by large, coal fueled boilers located on the ground level floor of the building, called the “boiler rooms”. Steam from the boilers also provided the pressure to operate a whistle used to alert the community and the Volunteer Fire Department to any Emergency. Consequently, The Independent Telephone Company assigned number “one” to the telephone located at the Waterworks.

From the location of this cache spot, look slightly to the northwest and count the number of flag poles at the James Rennick Riverfront Park.  Use that number for the A coordinate in the finale cache "I Didn't Know That."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nern unf unq n ybg bs pbafgehpgvba - pheeragyl gurer vf ab pnpur gb svaq ohg pyhr vf fgvyy ivfvoyr.

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)