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Dutra "Super Scoop"

The Dutra "Super Scoop" dredging a three quarter mile long, fifty foot deep trench in Boston Harbor for the Ted Williams Tunnel. The "Super Scoop," one of the world's largest marine dredges, worked 24/7 for nearly two years.

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