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Not the usual style of boat moored at the million dollar houses of Newport Waters on the Redcliffe Peninsula, Queensland.
The dredger Mareta working through sunset into darkness to deepen the channel into Olhão marina. Presumably operations were governed by the time of the tide.
The dredging was a relatively simple operation with a ship-mounted grab crane digging up buckets of sediment and dumping them into the hold. Once the hold had been filled - making the ship very low in the water - the ship steamed outside the Ria Formosa to dump the load.
A dredge is an old gold mining machine that was a barge which would scoop up rocky river gravel beds with a conveyor belt in the front, "pan" for gold on the barge and then dump the gravel out the rear behind it. Near Dawson City.
The Port’s dredger “Kari Hege” operates from Monday to Friday. Its normal area of work is in the main channel between buoy number 12 and buoy number 8. It works during the low water period, starting three hours after high water until three hours prior to the next high water. The “Kari Hege” will manoeuvre into its dig position, or back to its mooring, approximately half an hour before or after this time. Any larger vessels intending to pass the “Kari Hege” in the channel during digging operations or while it is manoeuvring should call the dredger up on Channel 12 to ascertain which is the safe side to pass. All material removed from the channel during dredging operation is placed on the berm which is marked by the Port hand channel buoys. Areas to be dredged are dictated by regular survey results but these areas are subject to weather constraints.
I spotted these large dredging pipes sitting by the shore of Dickson Inlet near the Port Douglas township. They are used every few years to clear out the channel for shipping.
I liked the uniformity of the pipes and thought they would make an interesting photo.
A sand dredging ship, restoring the Surfers Paradise beaches after sand erosion from Tropical Cyclone Alfred earlier this year.
The tugs Mr. Connor and Bayou Warrior assist with the positioning of dredging equipment for beach replenishment just off of Buxton, North Carolina on June 21, 2022.
High above the BCN a London Midland Class 350 heads north with a service from Birmingham to Liverpool. Moored out of the way, evidence of dredging work which is currently being carried out.
For alternative railway photography, follow the link:
www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html to the Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle.
A fall day along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway at the Sumpter Valley Dredge
A great fall day in Sumpter Oregon along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway in Northeast Oregon celebrating fall while exploring the ghost town of Sumpter and visiting the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge Oregon State Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge is the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth of gold. The Dredge is located just a block off of the main street of the small historic mining town of Sumpter along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway
The tour of the dredge is a great way to explore the gold mining heritage of Eastern Oregon and the Sumpter Valley. The Dredge is currently undergoing restoration however park rangers will continue to host tours throughout the restoration process.
Visitors to the park can also try their luck at gold panning and explore the vast system of nature and interpretive trails that meander through the tailings left by the dredge as it worked it’s way up the river bed more than a half century ago.
The Sumpter Dredge is also the setting for bestselling author Patrick Carman’s, Skeleton Creek book series www.patrickcarman.com/enter/skeleton-creek
For more information about the Sumpter Dredge State Heritage Area visit www.oregonstateparks.org/park_239.php
For more information about other Baker County historic sites, attractions, events, and activities visit Baker County Tourism’s website www.travelbakercounty.com
Last week I walked down to the harbor looking to sketch a simple scene. Instead I found this complicated mess. Every 10 years or so Camden dredges the harbor - removing the silt that the river brings in. I couldn't resist it.
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The Dredge Restaurant in Breckenridge, Colorado is a replica of one of the original dredges used for mining from the early 1900s. This is a 2 million pound floating restaurant in the middle of the Blue River. It is considered to be the world's highest floating restaurant.
The restaurant has two walkways attached to it accessed from Adams or Jefferson Street.
Brutal cold and wind did not deter me from taking this shot though I would have preferred to have taken it from the river bank. Company of friends freezing in the cold and billowing snow soon eliminated any thought of getting a better composition.
From the old archives. I've been moving terabytes of images around the last few days and a few caught my eye.
Dredge workers often reported hearing the ghost of Joe Bush "Haunting" the dredge when the dredge was not operating due to closure or repair
Located at Porcupine Flat which was once a flourishing area of the Maldon goldfields, many of the town's notables spent much of their riches 'backing the winner' on a hot, dry afternoon. The track and oval are now used for Campdrafts and the local annual show..
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The dredge and dragline represent that phase of gold mining in Maldon when technology enabled relatively large scale reworking of earlier deposits which had first been worked by thousands of individual prospectors in the rush of the 1850s..
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Mr George Heywood commenced working the site at Porcupine Flat in 1958 where he developed the dredge operation on Porcupine Creek. He purchased the dredge sometime after 1958, and it may not have been fully operational until after 1973. Operations ceased in 1984, after moderate success. This dredge is a smaller reconstruction of the one that operated in the Jim Crowe Creek south of Newstead, from 1948 to 1954..
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The dredge originally worked to the north of it's current site, the existing dam being constructed when the Porcupine Flat Gold Treatment Works were constructed over the original workings. The dragline standing on the bank of the dam was brought from the Yallourn Coal Mine to assist in creating the initial dam and the ongoing operation. It proved to be of little value and was abandoned in it's present position early in the operation.
The John R. Asher pushes a barge of dredge material into the Duluth Ship Canal in a heavy fog.
Handheld night photo created using the Sony A7R with the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 lens wide open.
This pile of stuff that had been tugged from the Thames laying on the bank.
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Two miners dredging the river bottom in their search for rubies and sapphires near Pailin, Cambodia.
Gold Rush Bandits After Robbing The Sumpter Valley Railroad Along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway in Baker County Orgon
The Sumpter Valley Railroad is open weekends and major holidays, Memorial Day Weekend through the last weekend in September. Round trips take just over two hours, including a layover in either McEwen or Sumpter. There are also many special events throughout the season, ranging from train robberies to photo specials.
The Railroad’s station is located in Oregon’s Sumpter Dredge State Park and visitors to the railroad can also tour this iconic gold dredge during their visit to Sumpter and the railroad
For more information including train schedules and upcoming special events visit
www.sumptervalleyrailroad.org or for more information about Sumpter, and other historic sites and attractions in Baker County visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travelbakercounty.com .
The Merritt is a hydraulic dredger operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She mainly works the upper S.E. and lower mid-Atlantic coastal areas. She can dredge from 6' up to 25' by sucking spoils from the channel and expelling them out to the side with the long pipe attached to the crane. She is Southbound on the AICW in Chesapeake, VA.
The Sumpter Valley Dredge Oregon State Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge is the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth of gold. The Dredge is located just a block off of the main street of the small historic mining town of Sumpter along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway
The tour of the dredge is a great way to explore the gold mining heritage of Eastern Oregon and the Sumpter Valley. The Dredge is currently undergoing restoration however park rangers will continue to host tours throughout the restoration process.
Visitors to the park can also try their luck at gold panning and explore the vast system of nature and interpretive trails that meander through the tailings left by the dredge as it worked its way up the river bed more than a half century ago.
The Sumpter Valley Dredge is nestled at the base of the majestic granite peaks of the Elkhorn Mountain Range. The Powder River is born deep within the range and picks up speed as it spills down the Sumpter Valley, traveling through the park before reaching Phillips Reservoir.
This waterway was the vein of life during the boom days of the gold rush. The landscape still bears the scars. Miles of tailings line the banks of the river, a remembrance from the prosperous days of mining. The Sumpter Valley Dredge -- the centerpiece of our park -- left much of the rocky footprint that you'll see on your trek along Highway 7. The dredge is an important link to Oregon's pioneering past and development. It is one of the largest and most accessible gold dredges in the U.S.
A half a century after the last dripping bucket load was lifted, the dredge stands silent. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear whispers of the hope, sweat and dreams of the people who worked on it. After visiting the dredge you may continue on the Elkhorn Scenic Byway to continue your trip into history.
The dredge in the park is the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth by a simple, but dramatic method.
Sticking out from the dredge's hull is a massive boom bearing 72 1-ton buckets. The buckets, moving like the chain of a chainsaw, would bore into the riverbank and carry the loose rock back into the dredge interior.
Once inside, the rock would pass through a series of steel cylinders to separate the material by size, sending the smaller material deeper into the dredge. Using water and sluices, the gold would be separated from the sediment. The spoils from this process and larger rock pass through the back of the dredge and are deposited behind it via another boom.
The Sumpter Dredge is also the setting for bestselling author Patrick Carman’s, Skeleton Creek book series www.patrickcarman.com/enter/skeleton-creek
For more information about the Sumpter Dredge State Heritage Area visit www.oregonstateparks.org/park_239.php"rel="nofo...;
For more information about other heritage sites and activities in Baker County visit Baker County Tourism's website at www.travelbakercounty.com