Dredging Collection

Australia, Victoria, VIC, Castlemaine, old gold mine dredging machinery

Single winch oyster dredge, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition, Truro, Cornwall. July to August 1893
A view of the open fishing boat with fishing gear and winch, probably sitting on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro. The main exhibition site was a field at the top of Lemon Street

Engraving depicting Marennes fishermen dredging for oysters, 19th century
5308713 Engraving depicting Marennes fishermen dredging for oysters, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Marennes fishermen dredging for oysters)

marine dredge; 1878
3522404 marine dredge; 1878; (add.info.: marine dredge used in oceanographic research. 1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

Deep-sea dredging equipment
5307363 Deep-sea dredging equipment.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting deep-sea dredging equipment used on the HMS Porcupine during it's voyage in the summer of 1869. Dated 19th century)

Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss
533822 Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss archaeologist Ferdinand Keller

Stone-lifting machine number two [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Stone-lifting machine number two [Russian Empire], 1909. In album: Views along the Mariinskii Canal and river system, Russian Empire, LOT 10332-A, no. 85

Liverpool Albert Dock re-development, work begins to dredge the docks, Merseyside. 17th September 1982

Blyth Harbour 28908_064
Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, 2016. UKD Marlin, a trailing suction hopper dredger at work in the harbour mouth

Suez Canal under construction, 1869
Dredges beiginning to build the Suez Canal, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oyster dredging, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Oyster dredging, between 1900 and 1910

Oyster dredging, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Oyster dredging, between 1900 and 1910

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. The U.S. Corozal dredger working on the Culebra Cut, which was a difficult section of the canal, prone to mudslides

Dredging in the Woluwe (oil on canvas)
471516 Dredging in the Woluwe (oil on canvas) by Stobbaerts, Jan (1838-1914); 47x70 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; (add.info.: Woluwe)

Scientific Deep-Sea dredging off the West Coast of Ireland (engraving)
1055714 Scientific Deep-Sea dredging off the West Coast of Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Cam River Improvements, dredging at St Johns Bridge, Cambridge (engraving)
1104009 The Cam River Improvements, dredging at St Johns Bridge, Cambridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cam River Improvements)

The Mersey Docks; Diagrams of Dredging (engraving)
6016241 The Mersey Docks; Diagrams of Dredging (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mersey Docks; Diagrams of Dredging)

Man Panning Gold on Beach, Nome, Alaska, c. 1910 (b / w photo)
3964300 Man Panning Gold on Beach, Nome, Alaska, c.1910 (b/w photo) by Lomen Brothers (fl.1908-34); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Dredger at work, Ellesmere Port (sepia photo)
STC439402 Dredger at work, Ellesmere Port (sepia photo) by Birtles, Thomas (1832-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manchester Ship Canal)

Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Our Fishing Industries, Oyster Dredging at Whitstable (engraving)
1624373 Our Fishing Industries, Oyster Dredging at Whitstable (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Fishing Industries, Oyster Dredging at Whitstable)

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay (engraving)
1096051 Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay)

Dredging in the East River, (oil on canvas)
651052 Dredging in the East River, (oil on canvas) by Twachtman, John Henry (1853-1902); 30.4 x45.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dredging in the East River. John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902)

The Shellfish Supplies (engraving)
1587998 The Shellfish Supplies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shellfish Supplies. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 6 December 1862)

Peter boats fishermen dredging off Millwall (engraving)
587740 Peter boats fishermen dredging off Millwall (engraving) by Stanfield, William Clarkson (1793-1867); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peter boats fishermen dredging off Millwall, Isle of Dogs)

The Amsterdam Sea Canal (engraving)
1104345 The Amsterdam Sea Canal (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Amsterdam Sea Canal)

Dredger (chromolitho)
977662 Dredger (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dredger. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Professor Nordenskiolds Arctic Voyages (engraving)
1099922 Professor Nordenskiolds Arctic Voyages (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professor Nordenskiolds Arctic Voyages)

Works at Westminster-Bridge (engraving)
1601949 Works at Westminster-Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Works at Westminster-Bridge)

The Cam River Improvements, dredging near Cambridge (engraving)
1104010 The Cam River Improvements, dredging near Cambridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cam River Improvements, dredging near Cambridge)

Swedish peasants dredging for lake iron ore (engraving)
966950 Swedish peasants dredging for lake iron ore (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swedish peasants dredging for lake iron ore)

La drague de Dieppe, c. 1885 (etching & aquatint with ink)
2961332 La drague de Dieppe, c.1885 (etching & aquatint with ink) by Guerard, Henri-Charles (1846-97); 26.7x47.8 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in
2798828 To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in the... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Sand Dredgers on the Elbe, 1906. Creator: Ernst Kirchner
Sand Dredgers on the Elbe, 1906

The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). A steam-powered ballast dredger on the River Thames in London, with the Tower of London in distance. Print after a painting by Clarkson Stanfield

Green Northern Lights Dance Over A Historical Gold Dredge Near Nome, Alaska

Duck On Water

Dredging a Ditch, 1886. Creator: Erik Werenskiold
Dredging a Ditch, 1886

Gold Dredging at Kyebi (Kibi), Ghana, West Africa Date: circa 1912

Dredger in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The dredger Beaufort in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, with another boat alongside. Dredging involves gathering up sediment from the sea bed and disposing of it elsewhere

Removing Snags by Dredging, 1883. From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

Dredging a river bed for rubies, Mogok, Burma, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Dredging a river bed for rubies, Mogok, Burma, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Gold Dredge in Sysert, 1900s-1910s
Gold Dredge in Sysert

Building of the Panama Canal, Panama, late 19th-early 20th century. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific was first planned by the French civil engineer

Leonardo model. Sea Dredger. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 842, 1486-90. Study for a dredging and cleaning boat. The digging tool, called bucket

Fishing for Oysters
Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay Date: 1847

Longest syphon in the world, built by Yukon Gold Company
Longest syphon in the world, built by the Yukon Gold Company to facilitate the search for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush. It was 15, 760 feet long. Date: circa 1906

Dredging Canal 17th century Pen black ink chalk
Artokoloro

FLORIDA EVERGLADES, 1927. Dredging operation during the construction of the Everglades section of the Tamiami Trail, 24 October 1927

Source Size = 3857 x 1888
The Shellfish Supplies: Oyster-Boats Dredging Off Prestonpans, 1862

The Cam River Improvements: Dredging Near Cambridge, Uk, 1869

Source Size = 2537 x 1540
Blowing up of the Whiting Shoal, Limehouse Reach, Dredging Machine

STATUE OF LIBERTY, 1898. The Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island in New York Harbor, 1898

NEW YORK HARBOR, c1890. New York Harbor with Castle Garden in the foreground and the Statue of Liberty on the right, c1890

Canal Dredger
Dredging equipment used in the construction of the Suez Canal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Canal Workers
circa 1868: Construction workers who operate the dredging equipment on the Suez Canal at Port Said. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

PANAMA CANAL: FRENCH WORK. French dredging machines left at Cristobal, Panama Canal, from the earlier French construction, 1881-1893. Photopostcard, c1910

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: DREDGES. Part of the dredge fleet of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moored at their winter quarters in West Memphis, Arkansas, on the Mississippi River

MINING, 1494. A medieval mining and dredging operation. Woodcut from a Spanish translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus De proprietatibus rerum, published at Toulouse, France, 1494

ELLIS ISLAND, 1912. The immigration station in New York Harbor photographed from New Jersey, looking across Morris Canal, 1912

Picture No. 10871117
Scallop dredging nets with fishing trawlers Date:

Causeway hopper dredger sailing at sea, Barrow-in-Furness, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, July

Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss archaeologist Ferdinand Keller

Italy, Genoa Port, dredging seabed, illustration
Italy, 17th century. Genoa Port, dredging the seabed. Details

Richard Trevithick?s dredging machine, 1803 Date: 1803

Conservation, ditch/dyke clearing at RSPB Minsmere

Construction of Panama Canal. Dredging works
" Construction of Panama Canal. Dredging works in the village of Culebra. Original drawing by Meltor Prior. Image published in " The Illustrated London News". Engraving."

SUEZ CANAL: CONSTRUCTION. Dredging and removing soil to the shores of the Suez Canal at Kantara, Egypt. Wood engraving, French, 1869, after a photograph

SUEZ CANAL CONSTRUCTION. Dredges and elevators at work during the construction of the Suez Canal, 1869. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

SUEZ CANAL, 1869. Dredges and elevators at work during the construction of the Suez Canal, 1869. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Dredging the harbour for mines following the end of the First World War Date: circa 1919

The Construction of the Quay, Chios Town, Chios, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

ST. LOUIS: WATERFRONT. A dredge of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers passing the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River
ST. LOUIS: WATERFRONT. A dredge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers passing the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River waterfront in St. Louis, Missouri. Photographed c1973

Fisherman fishing for clams, clamming boat with pump scoop dredge, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, july

Dredging New York, 19th century
Dredging New York harbour. The steamboat at left is using an apparatus suspended below it to survey the harbour floor and take soundings to determine which areas need dredging

Beach replenishment. Construction of the sinkerline long pipe at Branksome Chine Beach, Poole, UK. The pipe is part of a coastal management project to reduce the risk of flooding

19th CenturyDredging machine
Technical illlustration of 19th century steam dredging machine.A succession of strong iron buckets on an endless chain moves along a frame.The lower end of the frame is vertically adjusted to

Dredging machine, 16th century artwork. The dredge is at left, and a system of pulleys on the bank and on a floating platform

NEW YORK: CASTLE GARDEN. Castle Garden, left, the 19th century immigration station in New York, and the Liberty Statue in New York Harbor. Stereograph, c1909

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Leaving De
Photograph of the mounds of stones and earth piled up behind the gold dredger as they are disgorged on the conveyor belt

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. In the Wak
Photograph shows a channel, cut in the land by the gold seeking machine, and mounds of stone thrown out by it

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"Dredging: Unearthing the Riches of Land and Sea" Dredging, a practice dating back centuries, has played a significant role in shaping landscapes and extracting valuable resources. From the goldfields of Australia's Victoria to the bustling harbors of England, it has left its mark on various corners of the globe. In Castlemaine, VIC, remnants of old gold mine dredging machinery stand as a testament to Australia's rich mining history. These colossal machines once tirelessly sifted through riverbeds in search of precious nuggets that fueled dreams during the Gold Rush era. Across continents, in Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition held in Truro during July-August 1893, visitors marveled at the intricacies of single winch oyster dredges. This innovative contraption revolutionized oyster harvesting by efficiently collecting these prized delicacies from Cornish waters. Venturing further westward to Ghana's Kyebi (Kibi), one can witness gold dredging operations that have shaped West Africa's landscape for generations. The relentless pursuit for this coveted metal has driven communities forward while leaving behind scars etched into their surroundings. Back in Europe, Blyth Harbour witnessed diligent efforts to maintain navigable waterways as work commenced on dredging activities. Merseyside's Liverpool Albert Dock also underwent redevelopment with workers diligently clearing sediment from its docks - an essential task ensuring smooth maritime trade flows. The Suez Canal stands tall as an engineering marvel born out of extensive dredging endeavors undertaken during its construction phase in 1869. This monumental project connected continents and transformed global trade routes forever. Artistic depictions capture both scientific deep-sea expeditions off Ireland's western coast and local river improvements like those seen at St Johns Bridge over Cambridge's Cam River. Such illustrations immortalize not only human ingenuity but also highlight how dredging shapes our environment for better or worse.