"The World Record Holding Dipper Dredge, the Rialto M. Christensen widens the Cuelbra Cut."

"The World Record Holding Dipper Dredge, the Rialto M. Christensen widens the Cuelbra Cut." Stock Photo
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Mike Scharer / Alamy Stock Photo

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B1P7X8

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50.3 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5700 x 3083 px | 48.3 x 26.1 cm | 19 x 10.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

6 January 2008

Location:

Panama Canal, Panama

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This Mechanical Dipper Dredge, the Rialto M. Christensen, was built in 1977 by the Japanese Hakodate Dock Company. This dredge holds the world record for the most dredged, 7700 cubic yards of material in one eight hour shift breaking the record held by a predicessor steam dredge, the Cascadas.