Pelton Water Wheel

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

The Pelton 24 inch Water Motor

The Pelton 24 inch Water Motor

Name/Title

Pelton Water Wheel

Entry/Object ID

1983.001.1

Description

A Pelton wheel is an impulse-type water turbine invented by Leaster Allen Pelton in the 1870s. The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water, as opposed to water's dead weight like the traditional overshot water wheel.