Sunday, May 27, 2018

Who invented the hydroelectric power plant?

In 1849, 
British–American engineer James Francis developed the first modern water turbine – the Francis turbine – which remains the most widely-used water turbine in the world today. 
In the 1870s,
American inventor Lester Allan Pelton developed the Pelton wheel, an impulse water turbine, which he patented in 1880.

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