For this challenge, John asks us to feature mechanical and/or industrial images.
The discovery of gold is an important part of Alaska’s history. Several year ago, as we traveled around Alaska, old abandoned dredges and rusty machinery gave us a glimpse of some of the old machines that were once used to mine for gold.
Dredge 8 in Fairbanks is a popular tourist attraction. Other mining equipment is on display and at the end of the tour visitors can pan for gold.
The Pedro Dredge in Chicken shown below is a National Historic Site. The rusty machinery in the header image is on display at the Chicken Post Office. We drove by an active mining operation near there.
Many thanks to John for the challenge Lens’Artists #199: Mechanical/Industrial
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Thanks! We are planning a Fairbanks trip in late July. We will have to check out the mining equipment!
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It was a fun tour. We panned for gold and had success! Have a wonderful trip!
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The IRON AGE still lingers with us, I think. The detritus is everywhere! Breckenridge, CO has a faux-dredge restaurant in the river in the middle of town. There were numerous around in the mining days. Great selections you presented.
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Thanks John! These old machines tell a story of days gone by.
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What a fun post! Such a wonderful post. My sweet man would love to see all these mechanical machines.
We are back from our 3 week cruise! It was fabulous!
Happy Friday!
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Nancy, welcome home! Can’t wait to hear about your cruise!
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Wonderful set. I love the rust in that first one.
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Thank you!
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Nice photos that brought back a piece of history I hadn’t thought of in a while. Those must have been some wild times.
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Great post. Thank you for the historical info and photos!
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Thanks Amy.
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These are great pictures Beth, interesting to learn a bit about how mining was done in the past compared to today!
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Thanks Sylvia. It was interesting to see the old dredges and imagine how much gold they they got with them.
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Very, very cool choices this week Beth – loved them all!
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Thanks Tina. The old machines were interesting to see. We learned how to pan for gold the way the old prospectors did.
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Rusted out machinery!! How cool!
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the post.
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These brought back a lot of memories of living in Alaska. The old mining equipment and mounds of tailings always fascinated me.
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Thanks Brenda. Those old miners must have had a really tough life.
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I’m late seeing your amazing post Beth. I love it. I love rust!
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Thanks Anne. So glad you enjoyed the rust and the post!
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Rusty machinery is such fun to photograph! You did very well with this challenge.
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Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed the rusty machinery.
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Your trip to Alaska must have been so interesting. My husband loves looking at old machinery like that. We went to a show one time out in a New Hampshire field that was filled with all kinds of old machines…many of them not only on display but working.
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Thanks Karen. Yes, our trip to Alaska was the trip of a lifetime! We tried to guess how some of those old machines worked.
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