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Long-delayed dredge of Schuylkill in front of Boathouse Row begins, as sludge gets pumped out in $13M project

The project has been beset by troubles since rowers first started to raise funding in 2018. One company refused to keep dredging in 2020.

Texas-based Dredgit is pumping the muck from north side of Schuylkill river and loading onto a barge below Spring Garden Bridge over the river on Tuesday morning August 9, 2022.
Texas-based Dredgit is pumping the muck from north side of Schuylkill river and loading onto a barge below Spring Garden Bridge over the river on Tuesday morning August 9, 2022.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer