It was designed by the Marion Steam Shovel Company, and built for the Canadian Klondike Mining Company in 1912.
4 was the largest wooden-hulled bucket dredge in North America. Imagine this vessel, inching forward, year after year, forever altering the landscape. What is this thing?ĭredge No 4 was a giant gold digging machine. Drive through the goldfields along Bonanza Creek Road for 12.3 km to reach historic Dredge No 4. It is a National Historic Site and a must-see attraction in Dawson City. Dredge #4 on Bonanza Creek, the largest wooden hull dredge in the world, typifies this legacy. These behemoths roamed the creeks of the Klondike until the early 1960s.
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