Sheave - Breckenridge, CO, USA
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N 39° 28.981 W 106° 02.740
13S E 410071 N 4370901
Part of the Breckenrige Heritage Alliance's artifact preservation program choose this Sheave as their first project. The wooden frame that supported the frame was destroyed when the mine closed.
Waymark Code: WM100ZR
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2019
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"The BHA initiated a new program in 2015 to install artifacts in outdoor locations for public enjoyment and appreciation of our local history.
The first artifact display, a sheave (pronounced “shiv”), is located at Prospector Park on the 100 block of North Main Street in Breckenridge. A sheave acted like a giant pulley for underground mines, lowering miners and their equipment and hauling out ore from vertical mine shafts. An interpretive sign accompanies the sheave display." (from (
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Type of Machine: Mining operations
Year the machine was built: Unknown
Year the machine was put on display: 2015
Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]
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