Grand Lake St. Marys State Park operates three diesel-powered dredges: the Pump a Little, St. Marys and Eagle. The state park employs six dredge operators. Pictured is the Eagle (statewide traveling dredge):

  • Built in 1969 and began working on Grand Lake this year

  • 72 feet long and 17 feet wide

  • 10-inch discharge pipe

  • Pumps roughly 200 cubic yards of sediment an hour