Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency (1918)
Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., [etc., etc.] · leaf 234
Mr. John Bogart, incharge of the Massena (N. Y.) canal, gives the cost of operatingtwo dredges. Dredge No. 1 cost $40,000. It had a 12-inchwrought iron discharge pipe, a rotary cutter, and a centrifugalpump driven by a Lidgerwood compound condensing engine of125 h. p. It lifted the material 30 feet… … Fig. 85. 20-inch Hydraulic Dredge Designed and Equipped to Work on New York State Barge Canal. This Dredge Has Delivered 456,000 Cubic Yards in One Month and Cost $76,000, Not Including Pipe Line or Pontoons. Dredge No. 2 cost $60,000. Its discharge pipe was 18 inches indiameter. The. output…
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