GCP5FR H.W. # 3: Williamsville Travel Bug Hotel (Traditional Cache) in New York, United States created by Exit Mundi

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Hidden : 8/6/2005

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is located along the Lehigh Memorial Trail in Williamsville, NY located off of South Long Street near Milton Park. The cache is a large rubbermaid container. It should be a quick and easy find. Please replace as you found it, or better. Wear bug spray in season. The trail closes at 10:00 PM. Thanks.

The Williamsville Depot was constructed in November, 1896 by the Depew & Tonawanda Railroad which was a subsidiary of the Lehigh Valley Railway incorporated to construct a line north from the mainline at Niagara Junction through Williamsville to connect with the New York Central's "Peanut Line" near Ellicott Creek at a place called Tonawanda Junction. The line would allow Niagara Falls bound train to bypass the congestion in Buffalo. The LV utilized NYC trackage rights to reach their yards at Suspension Bridge. The Williamsville Depot was the only station on the line and serviced the shipping and passenger needs of the community for many years. It was built in the mainline station style that most of the mainline stations from Sayre, PA to Buffalo, NY were designed and built from 1891 to 1896. It is belived that the Williamsville depot was the last station structure completed by the original Lehigh Valley Railway which later was absorbed by its Pennsylvania counterpart, the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Passenger service ended at the depot sometime in the early 1950's, but the freight agent manned the building until 1974. The building was sold to International Chimney in 1986 by Conrail and the WNYRHS acquired the station from them in 1990. The lands and ROW were acquired by the Village of Williamsville at the same time and the quarter mile section of the ROW from South Long to Cayuga Streets has been converted into a walking and bike path named "Lehigh Memory Trail". The WNYRHS leases the land that the station sits upon from the Village of Williamsville. The station is only one of three original mainline Lehigh Valley stations that still exist in New York State in their original locations.

Please note that the cache location is extremely close to privaye property. Please retrieve the cache from the side nearest to the trail. Do NOT go around the back of the small wooded outcropping as to not arouse the suspision of local residents. This might mean that you would have to wait off some muggles to retrieve the cache. Thanks.