Built 1904 (1904) Added to NRHP November 20, 1975 | Area 280 acres (110 ha) NRHP Reference # 75002161 | |
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The Kink is a manmade feature of the North Fork Fortymile River in remote eastern Alaska. It is a channel that was blasted through a rock ridge by gold miners in 1904, in the belief that a horseshoe-shaped meander that the river's flow would bypass by the creation of the channel would be rich in gold (it wasn't). The area includes the remnants of a small mining camp. The creation of the channel was a major engineering feat of the time, given the remote location and harsh climate (conditions that continue to apply today).
The Kink was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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