Pelton Wheel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pelton Wheel by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.
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Pelton Wheel
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 30 Sep 2006
The landscaped gardens of Dolgarrog Power Station display this disused pelton wheel runner from one of their generating sets. This Bruce Peebles turbine was originally installed in 1918 when the additional 1600 KVA turbo-alternator augmented the previously DC-only generating capacity of the old power station. It replaced short-lived no. 3 set by British Thompson Houston which had proved unsatisfactory. The turbo-alternator was later re-numbered 5 in the series of AC machines controlled from the new power station. It was decommissioned in 1966, after which the building was demolished.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.191197
Longitude
-3.843933