Ua wehe ʻo Charles E. Ellicott i kahi hale kūʻai mīkini wai ma ke kūlanakauhale ulu o Baltimore, Maryland. Ua holomua ka ʻoihana a i ka makahiki 1888, ua hoʻokokoke ʻia ʻo ia e kahi mea hana ʻaelike kūloko e hoʻolālā a kūkulu i nā mīkini hou no kahi dredge e hakakā nei ma Wakinekona, DC.
Loaʻa iā Mr. Ellicott kāna patent mua ma ka hydraulic dredge.
Ua ʻike ka US Corps of Engineers i ka kūleʻa o nā dredge brand Ellicott a kūʻai aku i ʻehā dredge no ka hana kūkulu nui loa i hana ʻia - ʻo Panama Canal. ʻO ka hana ʻana o kēia mau mīkini i alakaʻi i ka inoa inoa inoa ʻo Ellicott i ʻike ʻia a puni ka honua no nā dredges ikaika, hiki, a me ka maʻalahi.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hoʻolaha Ellicott mua e hōʻike ana i ke kiʻi o ka dredge "Morgan."
Ua kūkulu ʻia ka "Mindi", he 10,000 HP (7457 KW) 28-inihi cutter suction dredge no ka Canal Panama. Hāʻawi ka dredge "Mindi" ma kahi o 75 mau makahiki o ka hana mau.
ʻO ka "Hydro-Quebec", he 36" cutter-suction dredge me 12,250 HP (9321 KW) i kūkulu ʻia no St. Lawrence Seaway a ʻo ia ka dredge ikaika loa ma ka honua i kona manawa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā alapiʻi lele ʻo Canal Dragon dredges me nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻolālā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka hiki ke kiʻekiʻe loa i nā ala wai haiki.
Hoʻolālā ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia i South Korea he Series 17000, 30-inch SUPER-DRAGON™ me 1,000 HP (746 KW) alapiʻi pamu, māhoe hull pump i helu ʻia kēlā me kēia ma 6,000 HP (4474 KW), a me 1,500 HP (1119 KW) ʻoki. ʻO kekahi o nā dredges non-propelled nui loa i ka honua i kēia lā.
Ua hana mua i ka lawe ʻana i ka ukana ea o kahi dredge 18-inch, 1,410 HP (1051 KW) i Kolombia.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka dredge mining uila kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo "Sandpiper" me 4800 HP (3579 KW). Ua hoʻokō ka "Sandpiper" i kāna hana hoʻolālā o 2,100 tons i kēlā me kēia hola i kāna mahina mua o ka hana.
Hāʻawi ʻia i 5 dredges mai ka waihona no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka lehu lua pele mauna ʻo Pinatubo.
Hāʻawi ʻia i 50 dredge no nā papahana like ʻole a puni ka honua a lawelawe ma luna o 200 mau mea kūʻai aku ma 25 mau ʻāina.
Loaʻa iā Markel Ventures iā Ellicott Dredges, LLC.
Ua kipa aku ʻo Barack Obama i ke keʻena nui o Ellicott ma Baltimore, Maryland.
Hoʻouna ʻia ka Series B2190E Wheel Dragon™ dredge ikaika i Saudi Arabia. Ka nui o ka mana i kau ʻia 2,225 HP (1659 kW).
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi Ellicott ™ 670 Dredge me 100 HP (74.6 KW) cutter module ma Arecibo, Puerto Rico e kōkua i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wai inu i nā wahi kokoke.