History and useage:
The coin operated newspaper vending machine was invented in 1947 by inventor George Hemmeter. Hemmeter's company, the Serven Vendor Company, was based in California and had been making rural mail tubes and honor racks. The new invention could be adjusted to accept coins of different denominations (depending on the cost of the paper sold). The newspaper rack was able to be used with one hand, and took around 30 seconds to dispense a paper. Two models, one with a capacity for 1,250 pages of newsprint, the other 2,500 pages, were brought into production initially. By 1987, over one million machines had been distributed.
Re-purposing:
With the decline in newspaper sales due to the increase of internet useage, other uses for newspaper vending machines have been developed. One such re-purposing is right in front of you - A GEOCACHE CONTAINER!
To access the log book, the code you seek is the last 3 digits of the longitude. Easy, peasy! Plenty of room for SWAG and Travel Bugs.
**Note - Permission for this cache was given by the property manager but the container will be removed IMMEDIATELY if there are any negative issues.
...and as always, please remember to.....bring your own writing utencil, CITO when needed, sign the log, play fair, be safe, make new friends but keep the old, and represent our geocaching community in a positive way!
