She also said that as BHA recently worked on producing a master preservation plan, part of that effort involved hosting a pair of open houses.ĭuring those community forums, “the vast majority of people who came felt that this was a site worth saving,” O’Neil said, explaining the dredge represents “the best example we have of the dredge-boat industry that operated here in Breckenridge for almost 50 years.” O’Neil conceded that she’d heard those comments, but noted there are efforts underway to mitigate those concerns, including transporting materials via helicopter. That was a short-term measure, and a hydrology study began in April 2015 after Summit County matched a $30,000 grant from the town to cover the cost of the study, as well as clearing debris and stabilizing the decaying mining boat.Īt the time, efforts to preserve the dredge were met with fierce criticism from a handful of people who believed moving materials and heavy equipment up to the dredge site could jeopardize the popular B&B Trail, with many sections of that path often being wet and muddy. It’s really to preserve the structure that created all that change.”ĭue to fear of a collapse, bracing cables were installed at the dredge in 2012 to provide temporary stability. “The purpose is not to preserve the rock piles. “The point is to preserve (the dredge) in its existing form so that people, 50 years from now, can walk up to it and get a sense of the scope, the scale and the size of these dredges, how they operated and the impact these machines had on our local economy, as well as the landscape,” O’Neil said.ĭredges devastated the landscape, she said, adding that their impact is still felt today. According to the BHA’s application, the money will help stabilize the dredge “to maintain its existing form,” and there are no plans to restore the old, barge-like mining boat.
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