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Showerthought: Just found out modern dredge pumps can push slurry over 3 miles. That blew my mind.
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jordanr895mo ago
Yeah it's funny how we take for granted that water just goes wherever we point it until you hear about something like this.
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kim_brown5mo ago
Man, I had the same reaction when I saw a dredge setup on a job site a few years back. They were pumping sand and water almost a mile and a half through a pipeline across fields and roads, and I couldn't believe it just kept going without clogging. The noise was a low hum you could feel in your chest from way far off, but the neighbors got used to it after a few days. Have you seen the massive impellers they use inside the pump?
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