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Baltimore’s trash wheels are multiplying

Two more versions of the Baltimore-invented water wheels are planned for Masonville Cove and Port Covington.

Professor Trash Wheel under construction. (Photo courtesy of the Waterfront Partnership)

Baltimore’s trash wheel count figures to double over the next year or so.
According to the Baltimore Business Journal, the Maryland Port Administration will be the next org to install a solar-powered, trash collecting water wheel. The next trash wheel will be located in Masonville Cove near Brooklyn. It’s the latest environmental effort in the area, which has been restored in recent years. It’s set to be installed in 2018.
Sagamore Ventures is also partnering on a trash wheel at the mouth of the Gwynns Falls near its development in Port Covington, the Baltimore Sun reported. It’s expected to churn near the BRESCO incinerator.
The other trash wheel outside the original Inner Harbor edition is at Harris Creek in Canton. Professor Trash Wheel came online late last year.
And of course, Mr. Trash Wheel is always on Twitter.


The water wheel, invented by Pasadena-based Clearwater Mills, is run by the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative. It’s been an international headline-grabber since launching in 2014. Closer to home, the project sparked interest for similar solutions from D.C. and Philly.

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