Diesel electric dredge Markham, built at Avondale Marine Ways for US Army Engineers; length is 339 ft 6 in., width 62 ft, loaded displacement 7700 tons; hoppers hold 2680 cu yd of dredged material; two side-mounted drags will dredge to depth of 43 1/2 ft; two 16-cyl Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines each drive tandem Westinghouse generator arrangement.


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    Title :

    New hopper dredge to work Great Lakes


    Additional title:

    Rivers Harbors


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1959


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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