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AIL FITEi Belii...1:08;..
OIL POURED
"I BDUA"
demonstrated recently at Port Everglades, Florida
for oil company representatives.
A corrugated aluminum fence, or boom, *ith
attached floats is unrolled and pulled into a circle
to keep oil from. spreading .
For the demonstration, Reynolds subm rine
services brought its awn "oil spill.," And they
arouaht "Medusa" a space-a e-m.~~eering machine which
skims the oil off the surface of the water , nd
pumps it to a collecting -oint. Because of its
flexible arms "Medusa" rides the w ves like
oe cynical '> "sh and can operate even on the
high seas. The "edusa shown here is the smallest
of three mo els and is designed for use in 'orts
or indu11.striol loC=tioe . r big api'Is tim l.rges
model can process tEn thousand gallons per minute.
Designed by Reynolds primarily Ii
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Oil collection], script, January 21, 1971, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1265242/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.