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A Giant Wheel Is Cleaning Up Baltimore's Garbage-Filled Inner Harbor
The water and solar-powered device is expected to pick up as much as 800,000 pounds of garbage a year.
Baltimore wants its Inner Harbor to be clean enough for swimming and fishing by 2020. And it's counting on a big solar-powered wheel attached to a Dumpster to make it happen.
Earlier this month, the sleek, 14-foot high "Water Wheel" set up a permanent spot for itself at the mouth of the Jones Falls, where the river meets Baltimore's biggest tourist destination, the Inner Harbor.