The Norfolk Dredging Company’s hydraulic dredge CHARLESTON works to bring a nearly five-mile-long, 600-foot-wide portion of the Elizabeth River’s navigation channel to a depth of 50 feet around the Fort Norfolk area of Norfolk, Va. The work is being done to make the channel safer for Navy’s aircraft carriers to travel between the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., and the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. ( Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood) 110524-A-OI229-006 by norfolkdistrict

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