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CPP #12 – Just a Gardener Mystery Cache

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agrajag2007: Time for CPP to go, hope to lay a trad series shortly.
Cache recovered

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Hidden : 12/15/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The co-ords are for an eight foot bust of this person, no cache here, but is nearby.

This person, born in 18AB, became a garden boy at the age of 15 at Chiswick Gardens and at the age of 20 became Head Gardener at Chatsworth.

In 1850 The Royal Commission who were appointed to deliver The Great Exhibition, were in a quandary as they had already rejected 245 designs for the Exhibition and it was this person who eventually delivered The Crystal Palace that was built in Hyde Park.

The Crystal Palace was built with 4,500 tonnes of iron, 60,000 sq ft of timber, 293,000 panes of glass and took 2,000 men 8 months to build at a cost of £79,800.

This person retired from Chatsworth in 1858 and lived out their days in Sydenham until their death in 18CD.

Cache can be found at N 51 25.(B-1)C(A+2) W000 04.(D-3)(BxB)(D-1)

(Checksum for all digits - 42)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Raq bs envy

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)