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Photo gallery: County dredge in Bourne's Little Bay

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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Deckhand Andrew Dipietro navigates past the county dredge, Sand Shifter, as it works the channel of Little Bay.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Deckhand Andrew Dipietro navigates past the county dredge, Sand Shifter, as it works the channel of Little Bay.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Cod Fish I sits between Monument Beach and the dredging site in Little Bay and is being used as a booster site.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Cod Fish I sits between Monument Beach and the dredging site in Little Bay and is being used as a booster site.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis works to replace a pulley on the dredge Wednesday morning. The pulley in addition to a cable wrapped around the cutterhead caused a morning delay in the dredging project. A cutterhead is a rotating piece of the dredge that is used to loosen and dislodge the sediment in a rotating motion so that it can be drawn into the suction pipe. Items like cable and rocks can be sucked up from the ocean floor.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis works to replace a pulley on the dredge Wednesday morning. The pulley in addition to a cable wrapped around the cutterhead caused a morning delay in the dredging project. A cutterhead is a rotating piece of the dredge that is used to loosen and dislodge the sediment in a rotating motion so that it can be drawn into the suction pipe. Items like cable and rocks can be sucked up from the ocean floor.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis, left, and maintenance engineer Rich Randall work to replace a pulley on the Sand Shifter.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis, left, and maintenance engineer Rich Randall work to replace a pulley on the Sand Shifter.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Leverman Chris Armstrong operates the controls of Sand Shifter.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Leverman Chris Armstrong operates the controls of Sand Shifter.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Manager Kenneth Cirillo, left, and Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis stand on the deck of Sand Shifter as they wait for the dredging to get underway after a brief delay due to a repair needed to a pulley on the dredge and a cable that needed to removed from the cutterhead.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Dredge Manager Kenneth Cirillo, left, and Dredge Superintendent Jason Bevis stand on the deck of Sand Shifter as they wait for the dredging to get underway after a brief delay due to a repair needed to a pulley on the dredge and a cable that needed to removed from the cutterhead.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- The dewatering basin has taken up part of the parking lot and Monument Beach as the dredging project in Little Bay continues. Once the project is complete the beach will be restored.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- The dewatering basin has taken up part of the parking lot and Monument Beach as the dredging project in Little Bay continues. Once the project is complete the beach will be restored.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Mounds of dredging material will be distributed to Bourne and Sandwich beaches.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- Mounds of dredging material will be distributed to Bourne and Sandwich beaches.
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BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- A Dig It Construction excavator operator takes material from the dewatering basin.
BOURNE -- 12/30/20 -- A Dig It Construction excavator operator takes material from the dewatering basin.
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