Dredgery

Last weekend while walking the Erie Canal in Fairport I saw a hydraulic dredge parked in the village and thought it was pretty cool. As far as I can tell, this thing is like a big floating vacuum cleaner. It's got a big nasty auger that gets dragged along the bottom loosening the sediment that gets sucked up and filtered out.

I really wanted to climb on it, but Rachelle didn't let me.