Solar Wheels Magic
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Aravind K.A. (A6429713001)
“It looks sort of like a cross between a spaceship
and a covered wagon and an old mill,” Kellett told. “It’s pretty unique in its look, but it’s
also doing a really good job getting this trash out of the water.”
It receives power from the Jones Falls river’s
current near the harbour, which turns the wheel and lifts trash from the water
into a dumpster barge. Solar panels keep it running when the water current
isn’t enough.
The wheel is now docked in the harbor. Each time it
runs, it removes an impressive amount of debris. So far, it has
Healthy Harbor hopes to make the body of water
swimmable in less than six years, and the Water Wheel could be a big part of
that.“The water wheel has been a time-saver for us,” said Bill Flohr, who runs
Baltimore Harbor’s East Marina. “It seems to be collecting probably 95 percent
of what we normally had to pick up by hand.”
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