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USED Dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Echo - india
WYEI

Self Propelled Dustpan Dredge:

Built in 1932 by Marietta Manufacturing Corp., Point Pleasant W.V.

Launched, 12 December 1931

Delivered, commissioned and placed in service as USED Dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis in 1932

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District

Retired, 1976

Berthed in a diked basin beside the Missouri River in Brownville, NE. Captain Meriwether Lewis is a U.S. National Historic Landmark, and is operated as the Museum of Missouri River History

Specifications:
Displacement 1,200 T.(lt)
Length 268'11"
Beam 84'9"
Depth of Hold 8'6"

Draft

Forward 4'6"

Aft (loaded) 5'

Speed unknown

Range unknown

Dredging Depth 20' max., 3' min.

Width of cut 36"

Dredge pumps 1

Discharge Pipe 34"

Pressure 13-18 lbs.

Average Suction Vacuum 14"

Pumping Power 1,300 hp.

Complement 52

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

two Marietta Manufacturing Corps. 800-h.p. horizontal compound condensing engines 20 x 40 inches with a 7-foot stroke

two Foster-Wheeler water-tube boilers

two steel and white oak sidewheels, each 25 feet in diameter and 13.6 feet wide

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30260611	265k	*Namesake* Meriwether Lewis - (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations. They also collected scientific data, and information on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806. He died of gunshot wounds in what was either a murder or suicide, in 1809. (Wikipedia) Portrait of Meriwether Lewis by Charles Willson Peale. (1741 - 1827) Source:http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/63/10263-050-BB45DC47.jpg	Tommy Trampp
30260605	255k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* dredging, 1932, location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers	Dredgepoint.com
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30260608	192k
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30260612	248k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* underway, date and location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers	Tommy Trampp
30260613	255k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* underway view forward from the wheelhouse, date and location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers	Tommy Trampp
30260606	312k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* moored, 1932, location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers	Tommy Trampp
30260610	285k		Tommy Trampp
30260601	158k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* seen from the stern berthed in a diked basin beside the Missouri River in Brownville, NE. USACE Captain Meriwether Lewis is a U.S. National Historic Landmark, and is operated as the Museum of Missouri River History. Photo, 3 April 2011, by Ammodramus (real name unknown)	Robert Hurst
30260602	114k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* port quarter view. Two of the dredge's discharge pipes, supported by pontoons, are visible in the photo: one resting on a slope at the basin's edge in left foreground; the other partly visible in the lower right. Photos, 3 April 2011, by Ammodramus (real name unknown)	Robert Hurst
30260603	118k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* starboard bow view. Photos, 3 April 2011, by Ammodramus (real name unknown)	Robert Hurst
30260604	82k	*Captain Meriwether Lewis* starboard paddlewheel box. US Army Corps of Engineers	Dredgepoint.com