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Antique Pelton Water Wheel 15 inch
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Up for bids is this antique Pelton water wheel, a real collector's item. Has bearings, nozzel in like new condition and still works. The pelton water wheel was invented by a man named Lester Allen Pelton. He headed from Ohio to California in 1850 on a quest for gold. When that didn't work out for him he worked in the gold mines as a millwright & carpenter Camptonville, Yuba County, California. It was t that he made his discovery of the water wheel. He saw water wheels being used to provide mechanical power for various mining tools like, air compressors, pumps, stamp mills & other machines. He decided to work on improving the water wheel. By 1879 he had tested a prototype at the University of California which was successful. He was granted his first patent in 1880. By 1890 Pelton turbines were in operation. The Pelton wheel is acclaimed as the only hydraulic turbine of the impulse type to use a large head and low flow of water in hydroelectric power plants. The Pelton company was so successful it moved to larger facilities in San Fransisco in 1887. Mr. Pelton joined together with A.P.Brayton Sr. of Rankin, Brayton & Co. & together they organized the "Pelton Water Wheel Company." Later Pelton sold out but stayed on as a consulting engineer until he retired in Oakland. He passed away in 1910. Additional photos upon request.
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