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DREDGING
Plate I


Fig. 3.—Barge-loading dredger, “St Austell,” constructed for
the British Government by Wm. Simons & Co.
Fig. 4.—Stern-well hopper-dredger “La Puissante,” by Wm.
Simons & Co. Length 275 ft., breadth 47 ft., depth 19 ft.
Fig. 5.—Dredger constructed for the Lake Copais Co.
by Hunter & English.
Fig. 6.—Light-draught dredger, with delivery apparatus
working round an arc of 210°, by Hunter & English.
Fig. 7.—Twin-screw sand-pump dredger, “Kate,” built for the
East London Harbour Board by Wm. Simons & Co.
Fig. 8.—Twin-screw hopper-dredger, “Percy Sanderson,” built
for the European Danube Commission by Wm. Simons & Co.
Fig. 9.—Twin-screw grab-dredger, “Miles K. Burton,”
built for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board by Wm.
Simons & Co.
Fig. 10.—Hopper-dredger, “David Dale,” with buckets of 54
cub. ft. capacity (see fig. 11) built for the North Eastern Railway
Company by Lobnitz & Co.