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CHAPTER XX 

 DIPPER DREDGES 



THE following description of the dipper dredge "Independent" 

 condensed from an article in the Engineering Record, June 1, 

 1907, serves to illustrate one of these dredges of medium size with 

 a bucket of 4J cu.yds. capacity. 



The dredge " Independent," Fig. 46, owned by the Bush Terminal 



FIG. 46 The Dipper Dredge " Independent." 



Co. of New York, and used in the extension of its docks in South 

 Brooklyn, was built especially for slip work. The hull is 90 X38 ft. 2 

 in., by 12 ft. deep, and unusually heavy. The house is 52X28 ft., 

 containing an engine-room, crew's dining-room, officers' dining-room , 



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