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#03 LMH - 1905 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/19/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Series details and parking waypoints given on #01  https://coord.info/GC95A6N

#03 – 1905

 

Site discovered by Herbert Austin

 

Herbert Austin, who was born in Buckinghamshire and raised in Yorkshire, escaped his intended railway engineering apprenticeship and learnt his trade under an uncle in Melbourne, Australia. He returned to England in 1893 as manager of an Australian company relocating to Birmingham. In 1901, with the Vickers brothers, he founded and ran The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, which became Britain's largest car manufacturer.

In 1905, he fell out with the Vickers brothers and, looking to found his own motor car company, Herbert Austin undertook numerous exploratory rides around Birmingham in his Wolseley 7.5 h.p. On 4 November 1905, he found the derelict printing works, owned by a financier, E A Olivieri. Friends came forward with financial help, and with additional invoice financing from Frank Kayser of Kayser, Ellison and Company, and William Harvey du Cros of the Dunlop Rubber Company, enabled Austin to buy the site and an additional 8 acres (3.2 ha) from Olivieri for £7,500 on 22 January 1906.

 

Question.

Herbert Austin undertook numerous exploratory rides around Birmingham in his Wolseley A.B h.p.

The site and an additional 8 acres (C.D ha) was purchased from Olivieri for £7,500 on 2E January 1906.

N52°22.(B+C)(B+C)(C)

W1°55.(A)(E)(C)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gjb cbfgf

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)