The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is proposing to dredge the Berth 12 dock
immediately above the Talmadge Bridge on the Savannah River in Chatham
County, Georgia. Through Lockwood Greene Engineering & Construction, GP A
contracted with Tidewater Atlantic Research, Inc. (TAR) of Washington, North
Carolina to conduct a magnetometer survey of the project area. A side scan
sonar survey of the area had previously been preformed by Bottom Line Echo
Company of Savannah, Georgia. The magnetometer survey was designed to
identify material that might impact the activities of the hydraulic dredge. That
field work was carried out on 16 May 2001. The remote sensing survey identified
one magnetic target in the project area and a second off Berth 13. Project
personnel consisted of Gordon Watts, principal investigator and archaeologists
Raymond Tubby and Steve Brodie.
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