OTD 29.8 August 29th Traditional Cache

OTD - 29:8 

Perhaps you want a smiley for every day of the year or maybe a birthday smiley. For whatever reason these 12 mini monthly power trails are here to be found. Most are easily located, with an occasional sneaky one in the mix, sat lock can be difficult in some areas.

Here are some facts for this day. You are welcome to log your interesting, quirky or fun fact/s with your log.

On This Day - August 29th 1866

The first cog railway in the world is demonstrated at Mount Washington in northeast USA. 

The cog railway deploys a system of toothed cog gears and rack rails in order to climb steep gradients. The first cog railway was developed by Sylvester Marsh of New Hampshire, USA, amid scorn and derision for his ideas. He persisted and, using oxen to haul the materials he needed for 50km to the base of Mount Washington in the northeast of the US, he gradually built his innovative railway.

"Peppersass" was the first mountain climbing cog railway engine in the world. Fitted with special tilted boilers, it was used to build the railway and later carry passengers. The first demonstration of the viability of the cog railway was carried out by Marsh on 29 August 1866. "Peppersass" successfully pushed a car loaded with passengers up the short distance and back down again. The demonstration was considered a success, and the necessary funds were allocated to build the Mount Washington Cog Railway. It was completed three years later on 3 July 1869. Cog railways have since been implemented all over the world in Alpine areas - even within Australia.