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A Hogshead of Tobacco. Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/6/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is based on The Lime Tongue in Whitehaven Harbour. The published coordinates will take you on to the Tongue. All the answers to the questions below can be found along the Tongue, or in the Crows Nest at the end. Put your answers in to the following coordinates, and the final location should be a short walk away.

N 54° 3A.BCD' W 003° 3E.FGH'

 

  Ivory Coast A954 nautical miles

Whitehaven Harbour 1B40

Pipe Makers 1690 - 1C50's

Robert Jefferson 1704 - D9

Washington DC Bearing 2E

One ton of raft or other timber F pence duty

One penny for one barrel of fish 170G

TWO hogshead of tobacco H pence duty (read carefully)

 

Just in case you were wondering - I certainly was - and thanks to Wiki: A tobacco hogshead was used in British and American colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was a very large wooden barrel. A standardized hogshead measured 48 inches (1,219 mm) long and 30 inches (762 mm) in diameter at the head (at least 121 imperial gallons, or 550 litres depending on the width in the middle). Fully packed with tobacco, it weighed about 1,000 pounds (454 kg).

The Lime Tongue (originally New Tongue) was constructed in 1754, principally for the export of lime. Nowadays it is the centre piece of the harbour. The wave feature that runs its length lights up at night, and changes colour depending upon the level of the tide.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Magnetic, behind and low]

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)