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Excavation progress is going smoothly and crew spirits are higher than they have been in weeks. I believe this increase in morale is in no small part due to the installation of the boiler which has honestly been a godsend. We now have steam power and no longer have to rely on raw muscle to scrape and heave at the clay like dogs.

The new steam-power hoists and winches are fully operational and we have been able to unearth over five times as much sediment per shift as we had been previously excavating.