Rundunar Sojojin Amurka na Injiniya Dredge Potter na gundumar St Louis sun fara aiki a makon da ya gabata daga sansanin Sabis na gundumar St. Louis inda aka fara shi ne karo na 90.
Ci gaba da aikin gundumar na kiyaye zurfin ƙafa tara, tasha mai faɗin ƙafa 300 akan mil 300 na Kogin Mississippi daga Saverton, Mo., zuwa Alkahira, Ill., Potter yana taimakawa wajen yin kewayawa mai yuwuwa ga kwale-kwalen don matsawa kasuwanci sama saukar da kogin.
Bugu da kari, Gundumar St. Louis tana kula da tashar kewayawa a ƙasan mil 80 na Kogin Illinois da kuma ƙasan mil 36 na Kogin Kaskaskia.
An gina shi a cikin 1932 yayin Babban Bacin rai, Dredge Potter shine mafi tsufa na Corps kuma an ƙaddamar da shi azaman jirgin ruwa mai ƙarfi.
Tukwane na yau “kurar ƙura” mai suna Brigadier Janar Charles Lewis Potter wanda shi ne kwamandan gundumar St. Louis daga 1910 zuwa 1912, kuma Shugaban Hukumar Kogin Mississippi daga 1920 zuwa 1928.
Kurar da Potter ta yanke ya yanke faɗin ƙafa 32 tare da kasan kogin, yayin da fam ɗin dredge yana kawo laka ta bututun ci da kuma fitar da bututun mai iyo da za a sanya a wajen tashar kewayawa.
Dredge Potter na iya motsa yadi cubic 4,500 na laka a kowace awa.A kakar da ta gabata, kungiyar dredger ta motsa fiye da yadi cubic miliyan 5.5 na laka.
Wani lokacin ɓarkewar yanayi a gundumar St. Louis yana gudana daga Yuli zuwa Disamba amma yana iya canzawa dangane da yanayin kogin, in ji USACE.