Trash-Scooping Wheel Cleans Up Garbage From Baltimore Harbor

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Inner Harbor, Baltimore. Photo source: ©© Imaji

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A new contraption in a Baltimore river is helping to clear trash and debris — up to 50,000 pounds of it each day — from the Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The 50-foot-long “water wheel” gathers garbage floating in the Jones Falls River, which runs through the city to the Baltimore Inner Harbor, and deposits it in a large dumpster so the trash can be hauled away…

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