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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: June 27, 2011
Caption: Pelton Water Wheel
Additional Description: Plaque Reads:
Pelton Type
Water Wheel
Produced 71000 HP at 327 rpm, Diameter 10 ft.
Weight 26,000 lbs. Built by Allis Chalmers
of single cast nickel steel
Gift of Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District
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Dedicated September 1997
By Nevada County Historical Society
Submitted: July 8, 2011, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p161105
File Size: 3.537 Megabytes

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