I-US Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District's Dredge Potter iqale ngesonto eledlule isuka endaweni yaseSt. Louis District's Service lapho iqale khona isizini yama-90 yokumba.
Eqhuba umgomo Wesifunda wokugcina ishaneli engamafidi ayisishiyagalolunye ukushona, ububanzi obungamafidi angama-300 kumakhilomitha angama-300 oMfula iMississippi ukusuka eSaverton, Mo., ukuya eCairo, Ill., uMbumbi usiza ukwenza ukuzulazula kube nokwenzeka ezikebheni ezidonsayo ukuze zinyuse ukuhweba phezulu. ezansi nomfula.
Ukwengeza, iSifunda sase-St. Louis sigcina isiteshi sokuzulazula endaweni engaphansi kwamamayela angu-80 oMfula i-Illinois kanye namakhilomitha aphansi angu-36 oMfula i-Kaskaskia.
Yakhelwe ngo-1932 ngesikhathi Sokuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho, iDredge Potter iyi-dredge endala yeCorps futhi yethulwa ekuqaleni njengomkhumbi osebenza ngesitimu.
I-Potter yanamuhla “iyi-dustpan dredge” eqanjwe uBrigadier General Charles Lewis Potter owayengumkhuzi weSifunda saseSt.
I-dustpan ye-Potter isika i-swath engamafidi angama-32 ububanzi phansi komfula, kuyilapho iphampu ye-dredge iletha inzika ngepayipi elingenisayo bese iphumela epayipini elintantayo elizobekwa ngaphandle kweshaneli yokuzulazula.
I-Dredge Potter inganyakazisa ama-cubic yards angama-4,500 wenhlabathi ngehora.Ngesizini edlule, ithimba le-dredger lihambise ngaphezu kwama-cubic yards angu-5.5M wenhlabathi.
Inkathi evamile yokwehliswa kwemigodi esifundeni sase-St. Louis iqala ngoJulayi kuya kuDisemba kodwa ingashintsha ngokusekelwe ezimeni zomfula, kusho i-USACE.