“The Aqua Dynamo was a prototype for a power producing river turbine from early last century. This turbine was to be ordered from the Western Producer and assembled on site.”
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This work is infused with optimism, DIY ethic and perhaps entrepreneurial hubris. A short sighted inventions that complicate life and and doesn't consider expertise involved in using it. Imagine a pioneer assembling and employing this turbine with hopes of powering an automatic washing machine. As opposed to simply helping with the wash.