Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
84.09.063
Accession#:
84.09
Credit Line:
Transferred from the City and Borough of Juneau.
Object Name:
Balance, Counter
Title:
Counter Balance
Date:
1920
Year Range from:
1910
Year Range to:
1930
Description:
Slender pipe on which weights are placed. This is attached to pulleys in ceiling through which cable is run.
Notes:
Found in collections in Last Chance Mining Museum. (Compressor Building). These objects were acquired when city purchased Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company properties in 1974 from AEL&P who had purchased the properties from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Compnay in 1972.

Used during operation of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Mine until 1944.
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