Water Wheel Park

The waterwheel is visible from the interstate, and the City’s parks page says a paved path behind City Hall leads under I-70 and along the creek for a better view. The Historical Society of Idaho Springs calls it the Charlie Tayler Waterwheel: Tayler built it in 1893 to power a stamp mill at his gold mine on Ute Creek, his estate gave it to the town and it was moved here in 1946, and volunteers restored it in 1988. The City’s visitor site adds that the path connects with the Clear Creek Greenway. Behind City Hall too, the City’s Anderson Park holds Colorado & Southern steam locomotive No. 60 and passenger car No. 70 on a piece of the original rail line through town.

The park’s description was read on the City’s parks page and the waterwheel’s history on the Historical Society’s page, both on 10 October 2026. The parks page carries no date; the City’s news page, read the same day, carried notices posted in September 2026. The City gives no hours for the park.