ISithili saseSt. Louis sikaDredge Potter sixakeke kakhulu kwezi ntsuku kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwiSithili saseSt. Louis senxalenye yoMlambo iMississippi ukusuka eSaverton, Mo. ukuya eCairo, Ill.
Umzi-mveliso walo oncedisayo, oquka amaphenyane athambileyo, amaphenyane amancinane, izikhephe, nemibhobho isebenza iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki.
Xa kutsalwa, imathiriyeli esusiweyo imponjwa ngombhobho wepontoni okanye umbhobho ozidadayo, onokuthi unqumle umjelo, kwaye ubekwe ngaphandle komjelo wokuhamba.
Yakhelwe ngo-1932 ngexesha loxinzelelo olukhulu, iDredge Potter yeyona dredge yakudala yeCorps kwaye yasungulwa njengenqanawa esebenza ngomphunga.
UMbumbi wanamhlanje yi “dustpan dredge” ebizwa ngokuba nguBrigadier General Charles Lewis Potter owayengumphathi weSithili saseSt.