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A Profound Secret Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/31/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is in a special, fairly new public art sculpture commissioned by the Town of Addison and the Addison Arbor Foundation to commemorate the area's agricultural history. Installed in 2015, it incorporates pieces of a 1903 cotton gin that was once located 150 yards south of this sculpture. 

The cache is tiny and magnetic. Please use care when finding and replacing it.

Initially kept as a "profound secret" by inventor Eli Whitney until he received a patent on his machine, the cotton gin was a remarkable invention that speeded up the processing of cotton. In fact, some of the wheels on this sculpture are still able to spin as they did a century ago.

This article explains how the sculpture came to be: http://www.addisonmagazine.com/2015/02/new-public-art-piece-a-profound-secret-installed-on-arapaho-road/

A video about the sculpture is shown here: https://vimeo.com/119507020

More information on the piece may be found here: http://www.addisonarbor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AAF-Brochure-2015.pdf

A map to many of the town's public art pieces may be seen here: https://visitaddison.com/parksites?tid_2=701&tid_1=All&keys=

Other art pieces in the area can be viewed here: http://www.addisonarbor.org/

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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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)