Lester Allan Pelton

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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Who was born first?

• Lester Allan Pelton and Levi Strauss were born the same year
• Lester Allan Pelton was born 1 year before Eadweard Muybridge
• Lester Allan Pelton was born 1 year before Étienne-Jules Marey
• Lester Allan Pelton was born 1 year after Joseph Swan
• Lester Allan Pelton was born 2 years before Jacob W. Davis

Timeline

1. Joseph SwanOctober 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914
2. Lester Allan Pelton (this page)September 5, 1829 – March 14, 1908
3. Levi StraussFebruary 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902
4. Eadweard MuybridgeApril 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904
5. Étienne-Jules MareyMarch 5, 1830 – May 15, 1904
6. Jacob W. DavisMay 14, 1831 – January 20, 1908

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