The flexible floating pipe allows the dredged material to be placed independently of the dredge as it moves to avoid fleeting areas and or for more versatility around well-used areas of the river. Using the floating flexible pipe allows the Dredge Potter more material placement options than using a traditional rigid metal pipe which requires left or right side-casting of the dredged material. Named after the late Thomas George, former master of the Dredge Potter, the specialized spill barge uses a flexible floating dredge pipeline with the Corps’ dustpan dredge. George, a new spill barge joined the Potter for its inaugural season this year. Louis District said.īearing the name, Thomas N. They can move easily in and out of traffic, and were specifically designed to move the sand that’s in the Mississippi River,” Lance Engle, dredging project manager with the St. “Dustpan dredges are very efficient on the main stem of the Mississippi River. The 240-foot long, 46-foot wide dustpan Dredge Potter was originally a steam-powered paddlewheel before her transformation to a more modern diesel-electric power in 2001. Louis District, dredging is performed on 300-miles of the Mississippi River, from Cairo up to just below Hannibal, Missouri, as well as 80 miles of the Illinois River and 36 miles of the Kaskaskia River. Louis District in achieving its mission of maintaining a Congressionally-mandated 9-foot deep, 300-foot wide navigation channel. The Potter and her crew of 50 began work on the muddy Mississippi River, August 1 aiding the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, built in 1932 during the Great Depression did not let age stand in her way as she moved more than 3.2 million cubic yards of sediment this year – enough to cover a football field to a height of 1,500 feet. The Corps oldest dredge wrapped up another successful dredging season on the Middle Mississippi, January 8.
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