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can also refer to a barge that dumps cargo at sea. These are now commonly called 'split hopper barge', because they split along the length of the hull. Split hopper barges can be non-propelled or self-propelled .<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term 'hopper barge' surfaces in the second half of 19th century England, especially in relation to dredging.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWebster18872-113_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWebster18872-113-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word <a href="/wiki/Hopper_(particulate_collection_container)" title="Hopper (particulate collection container)">'hopper'</a> has multiple meanings. The <a href="/wiki/Hopper_car" title="Hopper car">hopper car</a> is a well known use, but hopper can also mean: "any of various other receptacles for the temporary storage of material".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMerriam-Webster2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMerriam-Webster2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1890s, iron hopper barges used in dredging had doors in the hull for quickly dumping their load on the sea floor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1950s American hopper barge descended from the welded steel barge, which replaced wooden cargo carriers. The steel barge offered better protection for the cargo, and required little maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s hopper barges ranged from 800 to 3,500 tons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A hopper barge differs from other <a href="/wiki/Barge" title="Barge">barges</a> by having a hopper. This is the area of the open cargo hold.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20124_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20124-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hopper barges are usually of double-hull construction. This means that the sides and bottom of the cargo hold are separated from the hull by void spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is done because the hopper barge has to resist heavy external impacts, as well as the heavy blows of unloading buckets into it. Internal bracing in the internal space transmmits the impact of loading to a larger area, and so ensures that the side shell of the hopper barge is not deformed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Non self-propelled hopper barges are seen in two distinctive types; raked hopper and boxed hopper barges. Single raked barges are raked (tapered in depth) at the bow only. Double raked barges are tapered at both bow and stern.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20123_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20123-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hopper_barge_variants">Hopper barge variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hopper barge variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slipway_at_portland.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Slipway_at_portland.JPG/220px-Slipway_at_portland.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Slipway_at_portland.JPG/330px-Slipway_at_portland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Slipway_at_portland.JPG/440px-Slipway_at_portland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Slipway" title="Slipway">Slipway</a> with split barge</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_hopper_barge">Open hopper barge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Open hopper barge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The open hopper barge is generally used to carry ores and steel on inland waterways.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Covered_hopper_barge">Covered hopper barge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Covered hopper barge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States, covered hopper barges generally have steel hatch coverings operating on roller bearings. These quickly open and close over a wide section of the hold and are watertight. As the covers can generally expose about half of the hold, these enable vertical loading.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another type of cover is the lift-off (stacking) type cover.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Covered hopper barges transport grains and other agricultural products, salt, steel products, paper products, minerals, and sometimes packaged products.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Split_hopper_barge">Split hopper barge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Split hopper barge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Split hopper barges</b> are used to dump cargo at sea. This comes mostly from dredging. The split hopper barge is the successor to the hopper barge with doors in the hull, which dumped its cargo by opening these doors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hull of the split hopper barge splits longitudinally between the end bulkheads. The vessel consists of two major moving parts (<a href="/wiki/Port_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Port (nautical)">port</a> and <a href="/wiki/Starboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Starboard">starboard</a> halves), both are mostly <a href="/wiki/Symmetry" title="Symmetry">symmetrical</a> in design. Both parts of the vessel are <a href="/wiki/Hinge" title="Hinge">hinged</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">deck</a> and operated by <a href="/wiki/Hydraulics" title="Hydraulics">hydraulic</a> <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_cylinder" title="Hydraulic cylinder">cylinders</a>. When the vessel splits the load is dumped rapidly, which means the barge has to be very stable in order not to capsize or otherwise get damaged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grain_bin" title="Grain bin">Grain bin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvolution1958140_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEvolution1958">Evolution 1958</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rohde-nielsen.com/fleet/hopper-barges">"Rohde Nielsen - Hopper Barges"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rohde+Nielsen+-+Hopper+Barges&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frohde-nielsen.com%2Ffleet%2Fhopper-barges&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHopper+barge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seaboats.net/6840m-self-propelled-split-hopper-barge-1482863">"68.40m Self-propelled Split Hopper Barge from SeaBoats"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=68.40m+Self-propelled+Split+Hopper+Barge+from+SeaBoats&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seaboats.net%2F6840m-self-propelled-split-hopper-barge-1482863&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHopper+barge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ganzdanubius.eu/products/split-hopper-barges/">"Split hopper barge"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Split+hopper+barge&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fganzdanubius.eu%2Fproducts%2Fsplit-hopper-barges%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHopper+barge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWebster18872-113-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWebster18872-113_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWebster1887">Webster 1887</a>, p. 2-113.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMerriam-Webster2023-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMerriam-Webster2023_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMerriam-Webster2023">Merriam-Webster 2023</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMechanical_Engineers1893323_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMechanical_Engineers1893">Mechanical Engineers 1893</a>, p. 323.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20124-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20124_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConsolazioWaltersHarper2012">Consolazio, Walters & Harper 2012</a>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDonough2012_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcDonough2012">McDonough 2012</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20123-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConsolazioWaltersHarper20123_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConsolazioWaltersHarper2012">Consolazio, Walters & Harper 2012</a>, p. 3.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hopper_barge&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEvolution1958" class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hXGeoWMVfG8C">"Evolution of the inland barge"</a>, <i>Proceedings of the merchant marine council</i>, vol. 15, The Merchant Marine Council of the United States, pp. 140–141, 1958</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+merchant+marine+council&rft.atitle=Evolution+of+the+inland+barge&rft.volume=15&rft.pages=140-141&rft.date=1958&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhXGeoWMVfG8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHopper+barge" 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