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5. Dredger - 1896
Throughout the years, Redwood Creek was silted in with mud from land erosion caused by the development of the town. In 1896, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted an extensive dredging project of the slough using equipment like the steam dredger shown in this photograph.
5. Dredger - 1896

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Exhibit date: September 1997.