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Bröderna Ericsson Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 7/20/2003
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Ericsson brothers, John and Nils, were born here in Långban. John was the inventor. He invented the ship propeller, he built locomotives in England and took part in the Rainhill trials in 1830. From England he moved to America were he built the Monitor which played an important role in the civil war.

Nils was the organizer and got the task of planning and building the state railway system in Sweden.

The cache, a 35mm film canister, is placed 5-10 meters from the position given by the coordinates above.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vafvqr naq nobir gur qbbe bcravat

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)