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Porcelain House Wiring Cleats and Electricity in Rock Springs Chinatown
Read more: Porcelain House Wiring Cleats and Electricity in Rock Springs ChinatownHello everyone! This is Julia and I’m here to tell you about some of my favorite artifacts that we have been cataloging from Rock Springs Chinatown: porcelain house wiring cleats. Wiring cleats were used in an early interior wiring method called Knob-and-Tube wiring. In this method, wires, insulated with rubber or thermoplastic, were run through…
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Roadtripping through Asian American history on the Colorado Plateau
Read more: Roadtripping through Asian American history on the Colorado PlateauHello everyone! This is Julia and I wanted to share a bit about our experience on the road driving through the Colorado Plateau on our way to Rock Springs, WY! After leaving Iowa and driving through Nebraska and Eastern Colorado we made it to the mountains. We were all in awe driving past 14,000 foot…
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“Ironstone China” Plates in Rock Springs Chinatown
Read more: “Ironstone China” Plates in Rock Springs ChinatownHello Everyone! This is Julia, a new member of the 2025 summer team for the Wyoming Chinatowns archaeology project. Today I wanted to tell you about the ironstone china found at Rock Springs that our team just reconstructed! Ironstone china originated in England in the early 18th century and, despite its name, does not contain…
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