Cripple Creek District Museum

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The Cripple Creek District Museum has a really interesting collection of old artefacts from the heyday of the mines.

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Old lightbulbs and other electronic equipment.

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Old power meters.

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There were many cutting edge technologies used in the mining district.

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The old telephone switchboard for the area.

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Old mining buckets and such.  Some old pelton water wheels, too.

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IMG_4871A tiny air tram.

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