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USED Henry Burden

Suction Dredge:
  • Built in 1862, by Webb & Bell, Greenpoint, N.Y.
  • Launched, in 1862
  • Acquired 1883 by the US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Commissioned and placed in service, as USED Henry Burden
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 280 t.
    Length 132.0'
    Beam 24.6'
    Draft 5.6'
    Complement unknown
    Hopper Capacity unknown
    Dredging Depth unknown
    Dredging Suction Pipes two 6in.
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    two sidewheels
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    Henry Burden
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    Namesake
    Henry Burden (April 22, 1791 – January 19, 1871) was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works. Burden's horseshoe machine, invented in 1835, was capable of making 60 horseshoes a minute. His rotary concentric squeezer, a machine for working wrought iron, was adopted by iron industries worldwide. His hook-headed spike machine helped fuel the rapid expansion of railroads in the U.S. The Burden Iron Works is now an historical site and museum.(Wikipedia)    		 Tommy Trampp
    Henry Burden
    30266901    		 310k Details of pumping apparatus for holding sand of the dredging steamer USED Henry Burden Dredgepoint - US Army Corps of Engineers
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