The Union

World’s largest Pelton water wheel ready to roll again

After nearly a year the new power system and upgrades to the 30-foot Pelton water wheel that was installed in 1898 and was in continuous use for over 40 years at the North Star Powerhouse Museum in ...
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Pelton Water Wheel Collection

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical ...
The Morning Journal

Vermilion groups presents history on Pelton family legacy

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Lester Allan Pelton,1829-1908, the father of hydroelectric power, was born in Vermilion Township ...
The Union

Pelton Wheel Trek includes tour of Colgate Powerhouse and Bullard’s Bar Dam

The Camptonville Historical Society will hold its third car trek on Saturday, Sept. 21, to learn about Pelton’s waterwheel and the local history of electric power generation. Lester Pelton was living ...
JSTOR Daily

Discussion of a Pelton Water-Wheel Test Made at the University of Wisconsin

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 22 (Dec. 31, 1908 - Jan. 2, 1909), pp. 84-88 (5 pages) ...