Dredging barge having digging jets and steering jets

摘要

A barge for removing material from the bed of a pond, lake or like body of water which includes a floating hull having opposite sides and ends with a manifold at one end mounted for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis and carrying a plurality of tubular pipes such that ends thereof may be positioned variably vertically relative to the material upon the bed to create a material-water admixture as well as providing forwarding propulsion to the hull, at least a pair of tubular pipes at a second end of the hull, the pair of tubular pipes being directed generally forwardly in the direction of forward propulsion and inclined relative to the horizontal, and the pair of tubular pipes each being pivoted for movement about a vertical axis to steer the barge.