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Description
A backhoe-style dredger, the Charles A. Richardson, owned by the Perini Corporation, dredges the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad berth at Searsport in 1966.
In eight days it removed nearly 14,000 cubic yards of material, which clamshell-style dredgers were unable to unearth.
About This Item
- Title: 'Charles A. Richardson' dredging Searsport Harbor, 1966
- Creator: Richard W. Sprague
- Creation Date: 1966
- Subject Date: 1966
- Location: Searsport, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 20 cm
- Collection: Richard Sprague
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Charles A. Richardson (Dredger)
- Dredges--Maine--Searsport
- Dredging--Maine--Searsport
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
- Railroads--Maine
- Piers & wharves--Maine--Searsport
Other Keywords
- B&A
- Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
- Bangor & Aroostook RR
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
- Bangor and Aroostook RR
- Charles A. Richardson
- dredging
- hardpan
- Perini Corporation
- railroad
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Oakfield Historical SocietyPO Box 176, Oakfield, ME 04763
(207) 267-1294
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