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Additional Description:
Chicken Shell Dredger
Ortley Bros. Alviso, Calif.

Dredging the tidal zone and waterways in and around Alviso was necessary to maintain access to the port and marina.

Photo: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Submitted: November 11, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p85224
File Size: 1.649 Megabytes

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