Dredge Potter wo mu Karere ka Mutagatifu Louis arahuze cyane muri iyi minsi ahantu hatandukanye hirya no hino mu karere ka St.
Uruganda rwarwo, kugirango rushyiremo amato meza, ubwato buto, barge, hamwe numuyoboro ukora amasaha 24 kumunsi, iminsi irindwi muricyumweru.
Iyo gutobora, ibikoresho byakuweho bipompa binyuze mumiyoboro ya pontoon cyangwa umuyoboro wigenga, ushobora kwambuka umuyoboro, ugashyirwa hanze yumuyoboro.
Yubatswe mu 1932 mugihe cy'ihungabana rikomeye, Dredge Potter niwo mwobo wa kera wa Corps kandi watangijwe bwa mbere nk'ubwato bukoresha amavuta.
Uyu munsi Mubumbyi ni "umukungugu wuzuye" witiriwe Burigadiye Jenerali Charles Lewis Potter wabaye umuyobozi w'akarere ka St. Louis kuva 1910 kugeza 1912, na Perezida wa komisiyo ishinzwe uruzi rwa Mississippi kuva 1920 kugeza 1928.