The U.S. Waterway Dredge Boat

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This dredge boat traveled up and down the Ouachita dredging the river to make it navigable in 1921 when they were building the locks and dams system. This picture shows the boat docked at Monroe around this time.

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Genealogy librarian with 27 years experience in the library field.

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