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"U" For Union #4- Concrete Houses Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/30/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Although Yankee Stadium (1923 - 2008) was a fine example the work of The Edison Portland Cement Company, Thomas Edison's single pour concrete houses were a dismal failure.

Touting concrete houses as the answer to affordable housing and efficiency on the scale of Ford's mass production of the automobile, Edison's invention required builders to purchase an estimated two thousand nickel-plated iron forms weighing up to half a million pounds at a cost of $175,000. That initial outlay was too expensive for most builders given the resulting concrete house would sell for only $1,200.

Few were built and few remain today. Union NJ is a home to a cluster of the original concrete houses.

Solve the puzzle to find the final coordinates.

Assume N 40 41._ _ _ W 074 15._ _ _

North = The year Thomas Edison was born minus 1173

West = The year Thomas Edison died minus 1081

Parking at the final location is by permit only, so parking coords have been provided.

Thomas Edison’s Beautiful Failure
by Christine Adams Beckett

WHY DOLORES CHUMSKY HATES THOMAS EDISON
By Adam Goodheart

Edison Portland Cement Company
Wikipedia

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

WPG Rnfg 82

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)