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1966
Japan Dredging
Without much fanfare, one of the most ambitious reclamation projects ever undertaken in the world is in progress within a few minutes drive of the busy streets of Sakai immediately south of Osaka. Day and night, rain or shine, thousands of tons of slime are daily sucked from the sea bod and gush into the air at the end of a long train of giant pipes.
Among a few thousand workers engaged in the massive reclamation work are a team of 16 American dredging engineers.
Beyond the sweep of new land are assembled about 40 dredges, which account for nearly half of the nation's total dredging capacity. The flagship of this powerful but motionless armada is Utah's dredge, "Alameda". The rugged vessel, whose interior is a buzzing workshop, has been chartered by the Japan Industrial Land Development Co. (JILD).
Sharing the "flagship" responsibility is the "Kokuei Maru", sister ship to the "Alameda". This vessel was built at Mitsubishi ship- yard in 1962 through technical
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1966 |
| Subject | Utah Construction Company--History, Construction contracts, Construction projects--Management, |
| Description | This is a five volume set documenting the history of Utah Construction Company from 1900 to 1964. It is a yearly account of the projects completed, bids won, and bids lost. Many times this contains the only record of some small projects. |
| Creator | Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Full-Text | OCR |
| Publisher Digital | Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Contributors | Earl R. Lubbers |
| Date Original | 1962-1964 |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| Type | Paper |
| Original Format | 5 Volumes Bound 8 1/2 X11 |
| Digital Format | TIFF/JPG/PDF |
| Digitization Specifications | Archived TIFF images were scanned by Kathleen Broeder at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner and a Brother MFC-8860DN. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
| Digital Identifier | ERLubberCompany |
| Source | MS 100 Box 50 |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | http://library.weber.edu/asc/ucc/regindex/documents/Register.pdf |
| Rights Management | Digital Image Copyright 2009. Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
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