The Art of Dredging
Dredging and shipping
Hopperdredgers
TSHD "Woodbury, seagoing (!) anno 1873, with a hopper of 40 cubic yards.
TSHD "Abescon"
TSHD "Comber"
"McFarland" , approaching a positioning pontoon, with discharge equipment.
“Henry Burden”, built 1874, with twin paddle propulsion, a very early design of a trailer hopperdredger.
Left “New Oreleans” used as a pump-ashore-vessel, charged with sand by TSHD “Goethals”, right.
“Goethals” alongside a pontoon, pumping ashore. No floating rubber hoses and bowdischarge installed yet !
Hopperdredger New Orleans
This dredger was equipped with a “Fruhling” draghead on a central suction pipe. The central suction pipe design was copied from earlier bucketdredgers.
1980(!)
Everyone who has pictures of old dredgers; by all means : artofdredging (at) gmail.com !
More oldtimers can be found here: http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/dots/photos/page1.html
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