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Master Potter - Henry Doulton Multi-cache

This cache has been archived.

cannonedwards: We have decided to archive this series.
It has been completed by the majority of the local cachers already.
Thanks to everybody who looked for it.
If you found any of the caches in this series and would like the coords for the Kiln, then please email us. We are archiving that in the next couple of weeks.
Mark & Annie

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Hidden : 5/18/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is a multi, it shouldn’t take long, but to solve it you need to visit an important location to the pottery industry in Stoke on Trent. By completing Master Potter – Henry Doulton you will find (in the cache) a number which you will need to obtain the bonus cache, Master Potter – The Kiln.

There are four Master Potters you will need to obtain the co ordinates for the bonus cache.

Master Potter – Henry Doulton
Master Potter – Thomas Minton
Master Potter – Josiah Wedgwood
Master Potter – Josiah Spode

Leading to Master Potter – The Kiln

Sir Henry Doulton (July 25, 1820 - November 18, 1897) was an English businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery, instrumental in developing the firm of Royal Doulton.

The co ordinates are for the statue of Henry Doulton in Burslem Town Centre. Please take a moment to read the plaque.

The question you need to solve to find the cache is:

S = How many parking spaces are there directly behind Doulton’s statue?

You will find the micro at:

53° 02.6(S+3)2 002° 11.S7(S-4)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vasb obneq

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)