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Clam dredgers

Scope note

Use for boats from the Chesapeake Bay rigged with hydraulic clam dredges; generally square-sterned deadrise motorboats, somewhat beamier than similar boats such as used in other Chesapeake fisheries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000232736

Broader Terms used

<dredging vessels>

Term used for

dredgers, clam

Equivalent Terms used

clam dredger

Created

13yrs ago

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