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Hudson River Dredging Project - Debris Upper Hudson River & Champlain Canal Fort Edward, NY |
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What exactly are they dredging up from the river bottom? Lots of mud, of course, but also a lot of wood. Turns out that the PCB oil is attracted to wood, so an awful lot of wood is being pulled up.
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Most of the wood is just tree debris, but there are some interesting bits that come up, like this heavy beam. It might be a piece of the original Fort Edward, or it might be part of an old canal barge.
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Lots of pieces of old docks and retaining walls are recovered from the river bottom.
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Did you lose your propeller? This large steel prop came from the bottom near Rogers Island.
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A number of archaeologists are employed by the project to check for historic artifacts, such as beams from the old Fort. A sad note, the project suffered its first loss of life in November 2009, when a small boat carrying 2 archaeologists was swept over the dam at Thompson Island, killing one of them in the near-freezing water.
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