This cache area is a local favorite. The Rockland
Iron Furnace is here. This furnace, built in 1832 by Andrew McCaslin, is one of
the best preserved stacks in Western Pennsylvania. It is situated about 100
yards below one of the most beautiful waterfalls that you will ever see. The
millrace and wheel pit are almost still intact.
An old newspaper account tells that Andrew McCaslin loaded a
barge with pig iron from the furnace and started for Pittsburgh with his wife
and several other persons. A few miles downstream the barge overturned in some
rapids, and McCaslin and his wife were drowned. Later the furnace was operated
by Rockwell, Dempsey and Week, William Speer and E. W. and H. M. Davis. The
Davis brothers operated the plant until it was blown out in 1854.
Go explore the furnace, and swim under the falls! The area is
pretty popular, so please use caution, and don't let any muggles find out where
the cache is hidden. You may want to skip straight to the spoiler, because in
this deep, heavily wooded valley, you will get terrible satellite reception. I
could only get a 40 ft accuracy when I took my coordinates.
This is a good Cache-in Trash-out candidate. If you can
bring a garbage bag, and remove some beer bottles, it would be appreciated.
Cache is in a black ammo box. Take your picture if
you wish, and sign the logbook! Thanks for visiting!