The Dartmoor Way - Trenchford Top-Up Traditional Cache

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dartymoor: Three DNFs on what should be a simple find means only one thing.

Time to put this to bed, thanks to those who've found it.

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Hidden : 5/26/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

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Although completed in 1907, the three dams of Kennick, Tottiford and Trenchford Resorvoirs struggled to fulfil the needs of supplying the rapidly growing Torquay with water.

So in 1927, an Intake on the South Teign river was constructed at Fernworthy Farm, and a pipe laid to this spot to redirect water into this reservoir to augment Torquay's supply. This alone seemed to be insufficient, as in 1934, Fernworthy Farm was demolished and work on the dam for the Fernworthy Reservoir, some 8.6 miles as the crow flies to the Northwest, that we know today was started.

Up to 13,000,000 liters are taken from Fernworthy and added to this reservoir via an underwater outlet that discharges around 30 meters away. When the water is low, you can sometimes see a swirling on the water's surface.

A detailed paper giving full details of this, and other Dartmoor water plans, can be found at the Dartmoor Society. The Dartmoor Way passes this cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybttrq oruvaq gur ohvyqvat.

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)


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