Dredge Jadwin Completes 2019 Dredging Season

After seven months dredging the Mississippi River, the Dredge Jadwin has made its way home to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Learn how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District uses dredging to maintain navigation on the Mississippi River.
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My grandfather used to work on the Jadwin. I remember going onboard once, that would have been in the early to mid 1960s.