Lester Allan Pelton
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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 i
Pelton, c. 1880
Pelton wheel, circa 1880, built by Miners Foundry, Nevada City
Monument to Pelton in Camptonville, California.
Vermilion, Ohio
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Vermilion is a city in Erie and Lorain counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, on Lake Erie. Its population was 10,659 at the 2020 census. Located about 35 miles west of Cleveland and 17 miles east of San
Lester Allan Pelton
…Elliott Cresson Medal during his lifetime and is an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Lester A. Pelton was born in a log-cabin in rural Vermilion Twp., Erie County, Ohio. His grandfather, Captain Josiah Pelton, who lost most of his assets as a sea-captain during the War-of-1812 era, shortly later brought his family to…
Aerial view of Vermilion, Ohio. View is to the north over Lake Erie.
Vermilion river marina
Harbor entrance
Vermilion Town Hall