An Organization for Canal Advocates and Researchers
A Dredge Roll Call – Contracts 43, 46, 47, 48
Our roll call continues with a look at contracts 43, 46, 47, 48. All these contracts were for the dredging of the rivers that ran through the low lands and rivers of central New York, which was all the bottom of a glacial lake. As such, the material was muck, sand, mud and marl, all easily handled by the hydraulic dredge. Each contractor only needed to have one dredge each.
Contract 43 – The Stanwix
Contract 46 – The Montezuma
Contracts 47 and 48 – The Clyde and the Lyons
Both these contracts were held by the firm of Crowell – Sherman – Stalter and both the dredges were built by Bucyrus. Note the difference in construction of the head units between the Morris and Bucyrus machines.