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These bottles were thrown in the Thames in London. The Thames was then dredgeed and the mud, bottles and other bits and pieces were deposited on the land further downriver in Kent.
The process of dredging a canal is more technical and precise than it may appear at first. Care must be taken to not damage the bed of the canal/ river as the excavator drags along the bottom. Often, canal beds are sealed with puddling clay to prevent leakage, which must remain intact for the canal to be functional.
If we don’t dredge the canals they will silt up and eventually the boats travelling on them won’t be able to move around freely. This also damages the flora and fauna, water quality, land drainage and appeal of our precious waterways.
taken last week on a very windy evening. The filter was very wet from the water but it is not disturbing on the image.
Nikon 16-35mm and the ND4 hard greyfilter.
Thanks everyone for visiting my stream.
Since my last pic was the dredge in Bonanza Idaho, I thought I would share this one from Sumpter Oregon. These huge gears are just amazing to stand next to.
The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company cutter suction dredge "Carolina" busy in the Corpus Christi ship channel. It's being assisted by the tugs Eliana M. Gondran, Coastal Dawn, and K. .J. Leboeuf near Roberts Point Park in Port Aransas, Texas.
i saw this dredging platform in arklow so i decided to brighten it up a bit hahaha
i sure dont like stuff that spoil the look of the sea
wishing you all a great evening
Copper dredge sunk in Torch Lake, Lake Superior, Upper Michigan.
The composition may leave something to be desired, but the reflection is almost unbelievable.
Sumpter, Oregon
The Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge required a three-man crew to operate the machinery. Three dredges worked the valley from 1913 to 1954. Sumpter No. 3 was built substantially from parts of the first dredge, which had been idle for 10 years. Between them, the dredges traveled more than 8 miles (13 km),[4] extracting $10 to 12 million worth of gold more workers to complete the crew for maintenance, bookkeeping, surveying, truck driving, managing and a few other roles.
Well I finally shook off the post holiday blues last night. The weather has been so wet and cold since I returned from Spain last Wednesday. So I nipped out last night, even though the forecast looked like a sunset was certainly not likely!
I went to Heysham harbour hoping for some moody conditions and that's what I got! But the bonus was the appearance of the dredger, doing its thing at low tide. It is an amazing sight to watch as it sucks up the silt and sand from the channel into the port, before heading out to sea again to deposit the dredged solids.
The ship made 3 passes whilst I was there and this was the final pass before the sun set on me. The small lighthouse marks the South entrance to Heysham Harbour and you can see the remains of the old wooden Harbour Pier on the left of the frame.
The Dredger is called the "Deo Gloria" and it is a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger.