The Pelton Water Wheel - Municipal Wharf - Santa Cruz, CA
N 36° 57.636 W 122° 01.251
10S E 587167 N 4090949
This preserved machine on public display is a joint project of the Rotary Club and City of Santa Cruz.
Waymark Code: WMQPK3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2016
Views: 3
Located on Municipal Wharf is a static boat display called the 'Monterrey Clipper' and a preserved machine called 'The Pelton Water Wheel.' The Pelton Water Wheel is a turbine-driven machine that functioned with a burst of water jet driving a housed wheel containing paddles that caused the wheel to spin and rotate other toothed wheels. This particular Pelton wheel machine was used in lifting boats in and out of the water on a wharf.
There is a good description of the Pelton water wheel on Wikipedia. There is also a nice PDF document that gives a great detailed history of the life of the inventor of the Pelton Water Wheel, Lester Pelton.
Type of Machine: turbine-driven water wheel
Year the machine was built: 1901
Year the machine was put on display: 1995
Is there online documentation for this machine: Not listed
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