bucket ladder

British  

noun

1. 1. a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land

   2. ( as modifier )

      a bucket-ladder dredger

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Example Sentences

A woman inside made her way to a window and was helped out of the building in a bucket ladder, and officials announced that other people were missing.

From New York Times

Bucket ladder dredgers are now, however, generally constructed with one central ladder working in a well; frequently the bucket ladder projects at either the head or stern of the vessel, to enable it to cut its own way through a shoal or bank, a construction which has been found very useful.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a bow-well, barge-loading, bucket ladder dredger, with a length of 186 ft., a breadth, moulded, of 36 ft., and a depth, moulded, of 13 ft.

From Project Gutenberg

The bucket ladder is fitted with buffer springs at its upper end to lessen the shock when working in a seaway.

From Project Gutenberg

The fan of the centrifugal pump was 5.25 ft. diameter, and was driven by the motor of the bucket ladder.

From Project Gutenberg