Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-14
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 NEW L LoNboN HAReoF
Thirty three Foot Channel Win b.
 Three Hundred Feet Wide.

Few people realize just what has
 been going on insNew London harnor
 many who haven't the vaguest idea. of
 the depth of water in the harbor. Prior
 to last September the depth off the GrisWold hotel was only p feet while
 the channel just off the New London
 Ship and Engine Co. has a depth of
 70 feet in several places.
 The big suction dredge Atlantic. owned and operated by the engineers ernment. has been working there since
 last September digging channel to minimum depth of 8 feet The
 channel, will be 300 feet wide and if the present appropriation. goes through congress the channel will be made 500 feet in width. It Is the belief of many persons that any boat afloatcouId nav fgate in the waters of. New London harbor, but with a little reflection it can easily be seen that such belief Is erroneous. Liners such as the Im- perator, yaterlAndss and Mauretauia- draw several feet over B and fnas- much as the minimum depth Of the New London harbor will not exceed that number of feet: it can be .easiiy seen that such liners as these can never make, New London hntiI the channel is dug to a depth sof 40 feet
 Howeyer. with the pEoposed. channel that can make NewfLondon and their tonnage. will be sufficient to maiesit one of the leading ports of entry on the Atlantic coast. When the present channel is completed it will compare favorabiy with any on the coast .5ss
 Capt. Charles P. Peterson of the suction dredge Atlantfca says tfiat he has no idea when the boat will cont pIete the work ony the channel. The appropriation from which. they are now drawing is nearly exliausted and 1t will take practically all the money that 7iss included in. the river and. har- Dor bill now pending passage at Washington. zss.s ss. = ary war have been picked U p by the dredge: sCannonballs of various sizes have been drawn ups through the suc- ton tube and many of them saved as dousa suction and anything that is within. a radius Of l2s or 1l feet of the. drag goes np the pipe. Tn this connection Captain Petersen states the south sdcirs similar work a dshing boat containing i've negroes capsfzeds all live men. Captdn .Pe. terson had sheard 1of .tfe, aecideaE only. 2 short itine ssViae.,z hss, ,sspied tn hs. .tsE of the mud hi4e. ..z.s,s.s: :: s1..s.-ss x
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