Piedra del Águila Dam
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The Piedra del Águila Dam is the second of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia and 590 metres above mean sea level, downstream from the confluence of the Limay and the Col
Francis turbine
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The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are the most common water turbine in use, and can a
Francis inlet scroll at the Grand Coulee Dam
Side-view cutaway of a vertical Francis turbine. Here water enters horizontally in a spiral-shaped pipe (spiral case) wrapped around the outside of the turbine's rotating runner and exits vertically down through the center of the turbine.
Pawtucket Gatehouse in Lowell, Massachusetts; site of the first Francis turbine
Francis Runner, Grand Coulee Dam