Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency (1914)
Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928 · Chicago, The M. C. Clark Publishing Co. · leaf 227
ulic suction dredge, the discharge pipe being supportedby a cantilever. This machine (Fig. 82), in its present stateof development probably represents the most economical methodnow in use for excavating very large channels, unless the ladderdredge be excepted. The following table indicates the cost… … Fig. 82. Hydraulic Suction Dredge, Showing Discharge PipeSupported by Cantilever. tion was in stiff clay, though a part was in sand. The claywas of such firm texture that after remaining on the groundover winter the pieces had the same shape as when they weredischarged from the end of the pipe…
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