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Source: Vol. II  pg.152  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present    

        GEORGE A. WALDECK has devoted the greatest part of his active career to 
dredging operations along the Atlantic Coast, and for a dozen years past the 
headquarters for his operations have been in Miami. Mr. Waldeck is an 
acknowledged authority on dredging of harbors and rivers, and has built up an 
extensive business, known as the Waldeck-Deal Dredging Company, of which he is
founder and president.
	Mr. Waldeck is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and his first 
experience in the dredging business began in that city in 1906. For several 
years he was associated with the Maryland Dredging and Contracting Company. On 
removing to Miami in 1911 he became identified with the Bowers Souther Dredging
Company of that city, but in 1918 he established his present business. This
company owns and operates three large modern dredges, fitted with all the
machinery and equipment required for dredging operations.
	His business experience since coming to Florida has been largely in 
operation in Biscayne Bay, the Miami River and some other points in South 
Florida. Beginning in the winter of 1921-22 the facilities of the company have 
been employed in the great undertaking of dredging the new ship channel in the 
bay and River at Miami, shortening the old channel and making available the 
port of Miami to the larger and better class ocean going vessels. In addition 
to handling this contract, which is so important a factor in the improvement of 
Miami’s harbor, Mr. Waldeck’s company has completed contracts for a number of
other projects of importance, some of them at a cost running up and beyond a
hundred thousand dollars. This company filled in Island No. 1 for the Bay
Biscayne Improvement Company, involving the placing of 700,000 yards of cubic
material. For the same company another contract, started in the summer of 1922,
acquired the filling in of 5,000,000 cubic yards of material. Mr. Waldeck is
general manager as well as president of the company.
	He has been active in local affairs, and is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Elks and Knights of Columbus and several clubs and civic
organizations.


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