Ua hoʻomaka ka US Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District's Dredge Potter i ka pule i hala aku nei mai ka St. Louis District's Service base kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia ka 90th dredging season.
Ke hoʻokō nei i ka hana a ka Apana no ka mālama ʻana i ʻeiwa kapuaʻi ka hohonu, 300-kapuaʻi ākea ma 300 mau mile o ka muliwai Mississippi mai Saverton, Mo., a i Cairo, Ill., ua kōkua ka Potter i ka hoʻokele ʻana i hiki ai i nā waʻa kaʻa ke neʻe i ke kalepa a uka. iho i ka muliwai.
Eia kekahi, mālama ka St. Louis District i kahi ala hoʻokele ma ka lalo o 80 mau mile o ka muliwai ʻo Illinois a me ka 36 mau mile o ka muliwai ʻo Kaskaskia.
I kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1932 i ka wā o ka Depression Nui, ʻo ka Dredge Potter ka dredge kahiko loa o ka Corps a ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he moku mana.
ʻO ka Potter o kēia lā he "dustpan dredge" i kapa ʻia no Brigadier General Charles Lewis Potter ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o ka Apana ʻo St. Louis mai 1910 a i 1912, a me Pelekikena o ka Mississippi River Commission mai 1920 a i 1928.
ʻOki ka lepo lepo o ka Potter i 32 kapuaʻi ka laulā ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai, aʻo ka pahu dredge e lawe mai i ka lepo i loko o ka paipu komo a i waho i kahi paipu lana e waiho ʻia ma waho o ke kahawai hoʻokele.
Hiki i ka Dredge Potter ke hoʻoneʻe i 4,500 cubic iwilei o ka sediment i kēlā me kēia hola.I ka makahiki i hala, ua neʻe ka hui dredger ma mua o 5.5M cubic iwilei o ka sediment.
ʻO kahi manawa dredging maʻamau ma St. Louis District e holo ana mai Iulai a Dekemaba akā hiki ke loli ma muli o nā kūlana o ka muliwai, wahi a USACE.