Louis District's Dredge Potter yakabatikana zvakanyanya mazuva ano munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana muSt. Louis District chikamu cheRwizi rweMississippi kubva kuSaverton, Mo. kusvika kuCairo, Ill.
Mushandi wayo wokugadzira, kubatanidza zvikepe zvinyoro, zvikepe zviduku, zvikepe, uye mapaipi anoshanda maawa 24 pazuva, mazuva manomwe pavhiki.
Pakudonhedza, zvinhu zvakabviswa zvinopombwa nepontoon pombi kana pombi inoyangarara yega, inogona kunge ichiyambuka chiteshi, uye inoiswa kunze kwenzira yekufambisa.
Yakavakwa muna 1932 panguva yeGreat Depression, iyo Dredge Potter ndiyo yekare Corps dredge uye yakatanga yakatangwa sechikepe chine simba rehutsi.
Muumbi wanhasi i "dustpan dredge" yakatumidzwa Brigadier General Charles Lewis Potter aive St. Louis District mukuru kubva 1910 kusvika 1912, uye Mutungamiriri weMississippi River Commission kubva 1920 kusvika 1928.