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bucket ladder
noun
- a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
- ( as modifier )
a bucket-ladder dredger
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The bucket ladder, which weighs over 100 tons, exclusive of dredgings, is raised and lowered by a set of independent engines.
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The bucket ladder is fitted with buffer springs at its upper end to lessen the shock when working in a seaway.
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The bucket ladder works through the well in the stern and weighs with buckets 120 tons.
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A suction dredger being unsuited to the work, a bucket-ladder dredger was employed.
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