Lester Allan Pelton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Date of birth | September 5,1829 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Vermilion |
| Ohio | |
| United States | |
| Died | Oakland |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal |
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| ID | 3733674 |
Lester Allan Pelton Life story
Lester Allan Pelton was an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the American Old West as well as world-wide. In the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton water wheel, at that time the most efficient design of the impulse water turbine.
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