VIEW OF PINTO WYE LANDSCAPE LOOKING NORTH, ARRASTRA AT CENTER LEFT EDGE, TAILINGS AT CENTER REAR - Pinto Wye Arrastra, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
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- Library of Congress
- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Date:
- Documentation compiled after 1968
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- Photo(s): 14 | Color Transparencies: 1 | Measured Drawing(s): 2 | Data Page(s): 38 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Subjects: gold mining, mills Locations: riverside county, san bernardino county, california, twentynine palms, indio Notes: Significance: The arrastra is an important example of nineteenth- and twentieth-century milling technology. This specimen is unusual because it used a wooden wheel as the pivot mechanism; only two of this type are owned by the National Park Service. It is considered regionally significant because it is the only wagon wheel arrastra yet found possessing integrity of location and construction. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N682 Survey number: HAER CA-112 Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1939 Initial Construction
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- United States Government Work
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