Engraving depicting a Pelton Wheel, showing the curved, divided buckets. Attributed to Lester Allan Pelton. This form of impulse turbine was used during the second half of the nineteenth century. Lester Allan Pelton (1829-1908) an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the old West and world-wide. Dated 20th century

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