Water-driven elongated-conveyor turbine and method of using a water-driven elongated-conveyor turbine

For use in reversing flows of water, a turbine comprising:

• an elongated endless conveyor having oppositely streaming straightaways;
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• paddles spaced along and alternately oppositely hinged to said conveyor for downward extension from a down-streaming said straightaway into, and upward extension from an up-streaming said straightaway out of, the reversing flows of water, odd said alternately-hinged paddles to swing within high resistance orientations when on said down-streaming straightaway during one direction of the flow of water, even said alternately hinged paddles to swing within high resistance orientations when on said down-streaming straightaway during the opposite direction of the flow of water, and all said alternately-hinged paddles to swing within a low resistance orientation when on an up-streaming straightaway during both directions of the flow of water;
• whereby, during the reversing flows of water, alternate paddles on said down-streaming straightaway are in a high resistance orientation and cause the conveyor to be continuously driven during the flow of water in either direction.