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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:41, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Corozal (dredger)

US Corozal
US Corozal
  • ... that the dredger Corozal (pictured) excavated 4,000,000 cubic yards (3,100,000 m3) of material during the construction of the Panama Canal? Source: "The Corozal was designed to remove both soft soil and hard rock. It was used to excavate 4,000,000 cubic yards of rock and boulders at the Pacific entrance to the Canal." from: "Somebody Dying Every Day". Panama Exhibit. Linda Hall Library. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:53, 31 December 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think ALT1 is better. For ALT0, it's hard for the unenlightened reader to tell whether it's actually a remarkable feat or not. (t · c) buidhe 06:13, 3 January 2022 (UTC)


Promoting ALT1 to Prep 6Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:41, 13 January 2022 (UTC)