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 Stockton Bucket
Category:
Dredge Plant
Description:
The Stockton Bucket was an evolution of bucket designs for digging large amounts of mud,
originally developed to build levees as part of land reclamation efforts in the Sacramento Delta at
the end of the 19th century. Bucket has evolved and is still in use today. Unique round design
allows material to stack up better without voids, optimizing bucket capacity.The bucket closes
like ice tongs by lifting on the arms. Longer arms allow the bucket to dig harder material.
Opening is by cables attached to the edges of the shells. A light bucket with high cutting force (8
-yd3) bucket will move about 1500 yd3 per 10-hr shift. Buckets are mild steel with hardened lips.
One design has teeth.
Stockton bucket application is best for mud/sand dredging, and levee maintenance . While
efficiency is not impressive (1500 yd3/600 min = 2.5 yd3/min; 2.5 yd/min /8 yd bucket = .31 ) It
is probably higher than other bucket types working in the same material.
Stockton Bucket is fully developed. Its principal application is for building levees from dredged
materials.
Reviewer:
C. Woolley
Company / Organization(s):
Projects Completed:
Numerous dredging and reclamation projects completed in San Joquin and Sacramento
Delta areas.
Information Sources:
Literature:
Title:
"Tule Breakers"
LitType:
Book
Publisher:
Stockton Corral of Westerners International, University of Pacific
Publication
Stockton, CA 95211
Address:
Notes:
Book is on the history of development of the Sacramento/San Joaquin
Delta Reclamation
Month:
February
Year:
1998
LitType:
Periodical
Publisher:
International Dredging Review
Page:
6
Notes:
Photo on cover
98
Chapter 5 Other Technologies Reviewed
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