Barnbow Lasses#2 Traditional Cache

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Dalesman:
This cache has been in need of care and maintenance for some time and as the owner has not responded to my note I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 3/15/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A exciting trail on the old Barnbow Railway. Ideal for dog walkers and cyclists alike on the old WW1 Railway track not to far from room 42 where 35 brave woman lost their lives.

Just after 10pm on Tuesday 5 December 1916, several hundred women and girls had just started their shift at the factory. Four and a half inch shells were being filled, fused, finished off and packed. Room 42 was mainly used for the filling, and around 170 girls worked there. Shells were brought to the room fully loaded, and all that was left to do was for the fuse to be added and the shell cap screwed down. The fuse was inserted by hand, then a machine screwed the fuse down tightly. At 10:27pm a violent explosion suddenly rocked room 42 killing 35 women outright, and maiming and injuring many more. Many of the dead were only identifiable by the identity disks they wore around their necks. The machine where the explosion occurred was completely destroyed. Despite the danger still remaining in room 42, many other workers hurried in to help the injured and get them to safety. Production was stopped only for a short while, and once the bodies were removed other girls were volunteering to work in room 42. Many of the injured girls and women went for convalescence. Because of the censorship at the time, no account of the accident was made public, though Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig paid tribute to the devotion and sacrifice of the workers killed. Many death notices appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post, stating cause of death as killed by accident: the only clue to the tragedy that had befallen them. Six years after the end of the war, the public were finally told the facts of the explosion at Barnbow. There were a further two explosions at the factory; the first in March 1917 killing two girls workers, and one in May 1918 killing three men. Barnbow was Britain's top shell factory between 1914 and 1918, and by the end of the war on 11 November 1918, a total of 566,000 tons of ammunition had been shipped overseas. For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnbow
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gurer'f zber gb guvf guna zrrgf gur RLR

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)


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