Dredging Collection

Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

Gold Dredging at Kyebi (Kibi), Ghana, West Africa Date: circa 1912

Dredger in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The dredger Beaufort in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, with another boat alongside. Dredging involves gathering up sediment from the sea bed and disposing of it elsewhere

Leonardo model. Sea Dredger. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 842, 1486-90. Study for a dredging and cleaning boat. The digging tool, called bucket

Fishing for Oysters
Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay Date: 1847

Longest syphon in the world, built by Yukon Gold Company
Longest syphon in the world, built by the Yukon Gold Company to facilitate the search for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush. It was 15, 760 feet long. Date: circa 1906

Richard Trevithick?s dredging machine, 1803 Date: 1803

Construction of Panama Canal. Dredging works
" Construction of Panama Canal. Dredging works in the village of Culebra. Original drawing by Meltor Prior. Image published in " The Illustrated London News". Engraving."

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Dredging the harbour for mines following the end of the First World War Date: circa 1919

The Construction of the Quay, Chios Town, Chios, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Leaving De
Photograph of the mounds of stones and earth piled up behind the gold dredger as they are disgorged on the conveyor belt

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. In the Wak
Photograph shows a channel, cut in the land by the gold seeking machine, and mounds of stone thrown out by it

Challenger Boat Party
The Challenger boat party dredging on the Paramatta River, Sydney, Australia

Suez Construction 1
Dredging a partially completed section of the canal, during the early stages of construction

Dredging a Canal
Canals must be periodically dredged to keep them free for riverboat traffic

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