![]() ![]() Over nine months, a dredging pump inhaled a mixture of water and silt from the bottom of the lake and sent it through 24-inch pipes to the pit. A fortuitous connection reduced the cost of the project when a landowner in Hutchins needed his gravel pit filled. The dredge cost $18 million, half of which came from bond funds. It was completed in 1998 after a study found that silt affected oxygen levels in the summer, threatening the fish population. The final dredge removed 3 million cubic yards of sediment. In 1955, more than 15,000 cubic yards of sediment were removed, followed by 1.35 million cubic yards during the third dredging. ![]() When silt removal began in 1937, 588,000 cubic yards of sediment were removed, and 90 acres of land were reclaimed during the three-and-a-half-year project. ![]()
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