Thursday, August 12, 1999
'Trashtrap' boat cleans up Ky. lake
The Associated Press
MILLARD, Ky. — The vessel that Charles “Huck” Thacker navigates over Fishtrap Lake has drawn a lot of stares this summer. He's even received a few cheers, but no boos.
“People holler and give a thumbs up,” Mr. Thacker said. “They're glad to see us.”
Mr. Thacker is the chief operator of Fishtrap's “trash hunting vessel,” a 12-ton boat designed to collect garbage and wooden debris from this Pike County lake long referred to by locals as “trashtrap.”
For now, it appears to be working.
“We hope we can get to the point where it's never called trashtrap,” said T.C. Music, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resource manager at Fishtrap.
Visitors familiar with the view of the water that collects near the dam almost have to do a double-take these days. Unlike the view just months earlier, the water is clear. Nearly all of the tires, empty soda bottles, and household garbage have vanished.
The boat, costing $377,000, has the capacity to hold 12,000 pounds or 700 cubic feet of debris.
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