F.E. Company Dredge No. 4
National Register of Historic Places

F.E. Company Dredge No. 4

Chicken, Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska
Listed
May 17, 2006
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06000435

About this property

The F.E. Company Dredge No. 4, also known as the Pedro Dredge and the Chicken Dredge, was originally owned by the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Co.), a subsidiary of the United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. (USSR&M). It was built by the Yuba Manufacturing Company in California, and was shipped to Pedro Creek north of Fairbanks, Alaska in 1938. It was assembled there, and operated until 1958. The following year it was disassembled, trucked to Chicken, Alaska and reassembled. The dredge commenced operations on lower Chicken Creek in September and worked for approximately five months every year thereafter until October 1967, when it produced its final cleanup. In 1998, the 500 ton dredge was moved overland to its current location at the Chicken Gold Camp. In 2006, the dredge was added to the National Register of Historic Places and was opened to the public.

Location

Chicken, Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska
64.07310, -141.93971

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 listed on the National Register?

F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 2006.

What type of historic resource is F.E. Company Dredge No. 4?

F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1938.

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