Worcester - Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center
The Blackstone River Valley – A Changing Landscape
The BHC Visitor Center, situated on the banks of the historic Blackstone River and Canal, provides links to the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, the Blackstone River Bikeway, Blackstone Gateway Park, and Worcester neighborhoods. Interactive exhibits explore Worcester’s “Enduring Legacy” of innovation and invention, immigration, ethnicity, cultural traditions, transportation and industrial history, changes to architecture and landscapes, as well as environmental sustainability.
This cache can only be found and logged when the BHC Worcester Visitor Center is open.
The Visitor Center Hours
Open daily, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Closed Tuesdays
The cache container is a locked camoed ammo can. To find the 4 digit numeric code (####=ABCD), locate the answers throughout the center’s exhibits. You’ll need to Discover the location of the container.
The Clues for the Code:
The Making of Worcester
Innovation, Invention and Industry
The monkey wrench
In 184A, Worcester, Massachusetts knife manufacturer Loring Coes invented a screw-based wrench that could be used with one hand…
The Workplace Shifts - From Farm to Factory
New Ways to Make A Living
… By 1832, nearly 40% of factory employees were children between the ages of B and 16 who worked in the factories alongside other family members.
Made in the Valley
View the display and count the spikes and shuttles hanging on the Made in the Blackstone Valley.
Number of spikes minus the number of shuttles = C
Worcester Rising
A Great City Emerges
The promise of work attracted people from all over the Unites States and the rest of the world.
Last digit on train number = D
The train is found in two locations – one is a little easier to read.
Please do not open the cache container on any of the glass surfaces in the Visitor Center. Have fun exploring! Some of the Visitor Center staff are very familiar with geocaching...
