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Cross-Island Trolley Traditional Cache

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Mushnikas: After reading the last log entry, I did a quick nighttime check on this one and it looks like 90% of the cache is missing. Thanks to all that visited.

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Hidden : 5/24/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

From 1909 to 1919 the Cross-Island Trolley ran by this cache site, through Farmingdale from Halesite in Huntington to the dock of the Great South Bay in Amityville, by travelling south on Broad Hollow Road (Route 110), west on Conklin Street, south to Main Street to the Farmingdale LIRR station.


The extended trolley line would be powered by electricity carried 35 miles from Long Island City to a transformer box located east of the new station house. Trolley service began to decline at the end of World War I, due to the cost of the war and the rise in the use of automobiles.

Directions to cache:  Go the the eastern end of Spagnoli Road in Melville, a few feet west of Rt 110.   Cache is located between a bank and a hotel.  You may have a bit of a muggle problem because there is a long red light with “a no turn on red sign” at this intersection.  You can park in either the bank or the factory, both are on the South side of Spagnoli Rd. To open the cache, you will need a dime from your pocket. Please place cache back in its proper east-west orientation for the next finder Please stick it to the western wall, for effect .... I keep finding it off the western wall...thanks!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zhfg "guvax bhgfvqr gur obk".

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)