Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
84.09.038 A—B
Accession#:
84.09
Credit Line:
Transferred from the City and Borough of Juneau.
Object Name:
Tongs, Pickup
Title:
AJ Railroad Track Tongs
Date:
1930
Year Range from:
1920
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Two large angular iron tongs with rounded handles changing to four—sided midway down the handle. Handles curve 90 degrees to cross over each other and form two grooved rounded ends.
Notes:
Found in collections in Last Chance Mining Museum. (Compressor Building). These objects were acquired when city purchased Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. properties in 1974 from AEL&P who had purchased the properties from Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. in 1972.
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T&E
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Transportation
Mining
AJ
Transportation
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