UCharles E. Ellicott wavula isitolo semishini esingasemanzini edolobheni elikhulayo laseBaltimore, eMaryland. Ibhizinisi lathuthuka kwathi ngo-1888 wacelwa usonkontileka wasendaweni ukuthi aklame futhi akhe imishini emisha yedredge eyayidonsa kanzima eWashington, DC.
UMnu. Ellicott uthola ilungelo lakhe lobunikazi lokuqala ku-hydraulic dredge.
I-US Corps of Engineers yabona impumelelo ye-Ellicott brand dredges futhi yathenga ama-dredges amane ephrojekthi enkulu yokwakha eyake yenziwa - iPanama Canal. Ukusebenza kwale mishini kuholele ekutheni igama lomkhiqizo wakwa-Ellicott laziwe emhlabeni wonke ngama-dredges aqinile, anekhono, futhi ahlukahlukene.
Kukhishwe isikhangiso sokuqala sika-Ellicott sibonisa isithombe se-dredge "Morgan."
Wakha i-“Mindi”, i-10,000 HP (7457 KW) 28-inch cutter suction dredge yePanama Canal. I-dredge "Mindi" inikeze cishe iminyaka engama-75 yokusebenza okuqhubekayo.
I-“Hydro-Quebec”, i-36” cutter-suction dredge ene-12,250 HP (9321 KW) yakhelwe i-St. Lawrence Seaway futhi yayiyi-dredge enamandla kakhulu emhlabeni ngesikhathi sayo.
Kuthuthukiswe iledi elishwibekayo eliphathwayo leCanal Dragon dredges elinezici zedizayini eziqinisekisa ukulawuleka okuphezulu emigwaqweni emincane yamanzi.
Idizayinelwe futhi yalethwa eSouth Korea i-Series 17000, 30-inch SUPER-DRAGON™ enephampu yesitebhisi engu-1,000 HP (746 KW), amaphampu angamawele angamawele alinganiselwe ku-6,000 HP (4474 KW), kanye ne-1,500 HP (1119 KW) yokusika. Enye yama-dredges ama-3 amakhulu kakhulu angaziqhubeli emhlabeni namuhla.
Kwenziwe ukulethwa kwezimpahla zomoya okokuqala kwe-18-inch, 1,410 HP (1051 KW) dredge eya eColombia.
I-Special dredge yezimayini zikagesi eyaziwa ngokuthi “iSandpiper”yakhiwe nge-4800 HP (3579 KW). I-"Sandpiper" izuze ukukhiqizwa kwayo kwedizayini engamathani ayi-2,100 ngehora phakathi nenyanga yayo yokuqala yokusebenza.
Kulethwe ama-dredges angu-5 esitokisini ukuze kuhlanzwe umlotha wentaba-mlilo ye-Mt. Pinatubo.
Kulethwe ama-dredges angama-50 kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele futhi kwasetshenziswa amakhasimende angaphezu kwama-200 emazweni angama-25.
I-Markel Ventures ithola i-Ellicott Dredges, LLC.
UBarack Obama uvakashele ikomkhulu lase-Ellicott eBaltimore, eMaryland.
I-Series B2190E Wheel Dragon™ dredge enamandla ithunyelwa eSaudi Arabia. Isamba samandla afakiwe angu-2,225 HP (1659 kW).
Imojula yokusika i-Ellicott™ 670 Dredge ene-100 HP (74.6 KW) yethulwa e-Arecibo, ePuerto Rico ukusiza ngokuhlinzeka ngamanzi okuphuza ezifundeni eziseduze.