Ke hana nui nei ka Dredge Potter o ka Apana o St. Louis i keia mau la ma na wahi like ole ma ka apana o St. Louis District o ka muliwai Mississippi mai Saverton, Mo. a Cairo, Ill.
ʻO kāna mea kanu mālama, e hoʻokomo i nā waʻa palupalu, nā waʻa liʻiliʻi, nā moku, a me nā hana paipu 24 hola o ka lā, ʻehiku lā o ka pule.
I ka huki ʻana, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā mea i wehe ʻia ma o ka pipeline pontoon a i ʻole ka paipu lana ponoʻī, hiki ke hele i ke kahawai, a waiho ʻia ma waho o ke kahawai hoʻokele.
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.