Cardiff Coal Exchange Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Big Ragnar: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Darren
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Hidden : 11/4/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This a magnetic nano placed near the Cardiff Coal Exchange. Super stealth will be required as obviously it can get rather busy at certain times of the day. Tweezers might be a good idea as well. Please ensure you replace the cache exactly as found.

Before the Coal Exchange was built in Mount Stuart Square, the area was a residential square with a central garden. It was taken over by commerce as the city grew in prosperity. Coal merchants used to chalk up the changing prices of coal on slates outside their offices or struck deals in the local public houses. As Cardiff became the biggest coal port in the world, the building was constructed between 1883 and 1886 by Edwin Seward as a base from which to conduct trade negotiations regarding the coal mines of the South Wales Valleys - most of which was shipped to Cardiff for distribution. The building played an important role in the industrial Cardiff of the 19th century. Paired Corinthian columns, an oak balcony, and rich wood paneling adorn the trading hall, which was reconstructed by Edwin Seward in 1911. Following its opening, coal owners, ship owners and their agents met daily on the floor of the trading hall where agreements were made by word of mouth and telephone . During the peak trading hour of midday to one o'clock, the floor might have as many as 200 men gesticulating and shouting. It was estimated that up to 10,000 people would pass in and out of the building each day. It is claimed that the first £1,000,000 business deal was made at the Coal Exchange during a transaction at the turn of the 20th century in 1901. 2500 tonnes of coal were transported to France. Cardiff's reliance on coal made the Bute Docks highly vulnerable to any downturn in the demand for it. With the end of the war the docks went into further decline. The Coal exchange closed in 1958 and coal exports came to an end in 1964. The Coal Exchange was earmarked in 1979 as a future home of the proposed Welsh Assembly, but the plan for devolution was rejected by the Welsh people in a referendum. The building became Grade II listed in 1975. Wheelchair users will be able to get close to the cache but will need assistance retrieving it.
FTF Honours
1: bobp1 2: sniffadogz 3: arm-chair



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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