Giant Powder Company Multi-Cache
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Pt. Pinole is the last site of the Giant Powder Company, the first
company in America to produce dynamite. Following devestating
explosions at their San Francisco and Berkeley sites, the business
moved to this location in the late 1800s. Incorporating the
established Croation community of Sobrento, the company town of
Giant quickly grew into one of the North Bay's industrial centers.
Explosives were produced here until the mid twentieth century and
were essential to mining, dam building, and other construction
projects throughout the Western Hemishpere.
The cache is
not at the posted coordinates.
However, there is a historical information sign at those coords.
You will need the information from this sign to figure out the
location of the final teeny micro hidden away in the debris of the
Giant Powder Company.
The cache is located at:
N38 00.ABC W122
22.DEF
Where:
A = Giant Powder's Land: 227 A05.45
B = The map year: 19B8
C = Their other piece of land: 40C.84
D = The manufacturing ceased: 196D
E = The mother load years: 187E-189E
F = The factory operated for nearly 8Fyears
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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