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The Jack Wade Gold Dredge


Until September 2007 this gold dredge sat alongside the Taylor Highway between Dawson City, Yukon and Tok, Alaska. Due to its deteriorating condition and safety concerns, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had it removed - some major parts will be set up near the Chicken post office, while the majority of it went to the Tok garbage dump.

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A general view of the Jack Wade gold dredge location, with the Taylor Highway in the foreground The downstream end of the Jack Wade gold dredge, showing the digging ladder

The downstream end of the Jack Wade gold dredge, showing the digging ladder The interior of the Jack Wade Dredge, near Chicken, Alaska

The Jack Wade Dredge from upstream



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Jack Wade Dredge
From the Library of Congress, 22 survey photos of this gold dredge, which remains at Mile 86 of the Taylor Highway.



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