Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.003
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Monitor, Hydraulic
Title:
4" Hydraulic Monitor Nozzle
Year Range from:
1880
Year Range to:
1900
Description:
4—inch Nozzle for a Hydraulic Monitor
Round rusted metal nozzle. Wide at base with narrower body (straight, not curved). Inside base is threated with two wings on opposing sides, making it easier to attach to piping. Round openings at either end. Top opening is 4—inches wide from inside to inside.
Round rusted metal nozzle. Wide at base with narrower body (straight, not curved). Inside base is threated with two wings on opposing sides, making it easier to attach to piping. Round openings at either end. Top opening is 4—inches wide from inside to inside.
Notes:
Collected by Kevin Weir.
Used on a hydraulic mining operation, attached to a monitor, it sprayed water into gold bearing gravel to wash the gravel into a slvile where the gold. Hydraulic mining was in opperation ca. 1892 in SIlverbow Basin.
Used on a hydraulic mining operation, attached to a monitor, it sprayed water into gold bearing gravel to wash the gravel into a slvile where the gold. Hydraulic mining was in opperation ca. 1892 in SIlverbow Basin.
People:
Weir, Kevin
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2007.22.003
2007.22.003