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June 15, 1949
Laurel Outlook
Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana
What is this article about?
A New Haven oyster grower, with B.F. Goodrich engineers, develops a vacuum cleaner-like rig on a converted army vessel to harvest 1,000 bushels of oysters per hour while removing destructive oyster drills from the sea bottom.
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'Vacuum Cleaner' Rigs Suck Oysters from Sea Bottoms
AKRON.-A new method of harvesting oysters with a giant "vacuum cleaner" rig that sweeps clean the bottom of the sea has been developed by a New Haven oyster grower in co-operation with B. F. Goodrich engineers.
The suction equipment not only loads about 1,000 bushels of oysters an hour, but catches at the same time thousands of destructive oyster drills, a boring snail which is one of the principal enemies of the shellfish.
The oyster company uses a converted army FS, the type of vessel that transported supplies to military installations on isolated small islands in the Pacific. On the port side is a 40-foot length of 10-inch steel pipe to which is attached 20 feet of flexible suction hose and a six-foot nozzle resembling that on a household vacuum cleaner.
AKRON.-A new method of harvesting oysters with a giant "vacuum cleaner" rig that sweeps clean the bottom of the sea has been developed by a New Haven oyster grower in co-operation with B. F. Goodrich engineers.
The suction equipment not only loads about 1,000 bushels of oysters an hour, but catches at the same time thousands of destructive oyster drills, a boring snail which is one of the principal enemies of the shellfish.
The oyster company uses a converted army FS, the type of vessel that transported supplies to military installations on isolated small islands in the Pacific. On the port side is a 40-foot length of 10-inch steel pipe to which is attached 20 feet of flexible suction hose and a six-foot nozzle resembling that on a household vacuum cleaner.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Oyster Harvesting
Vacuum Rig
Oyster Drills
Sea Bottom Suction
What entities or persons were involved?
New Haven Oyster Grower
B. F. Goodrich Engineers
Where did it happen?
New Haven
Story Details
Key Persons
New Haven Oyster Grower
B. F. Goodrich Engineers
Location
New Haven
Story Details
A giant vacuum cleaner rig on a converted army vessel harvests oysters efficiently and removes destructive oyster drills from the sea bottom.