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So the boat sinks, and settles on the muddy bottom. Then the engineers narrow the width of the river so that the bottom is no longer in the river. How did the l
by keithpeter 10y ago
So the boat sinks, and settles on the muddy bottom. Then the engineers narrow the width of the river so that the bottom is no longer in the river. How did the land level rise to bury the boat? Can't quite picture that.
Excellent occupational niche by the way!
- qbrass 10y agoThe water flowing around the ship's hull washes the sediment out from around the bottom of it, and the ship continues to sink down into the pit that creates. Eventually the ship sinks far enough that it quits impeding the river, and the silt carried from upstream fills the hole back in.
- keithpeter 10y agoThanks - so the boat is actually buried before the change in river route, and it was the change in route that made the boat more accessible (and dry). I've got it now.