Definitions for "Pelton wheel"
A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity.
Advanced form of water wheel
A huge waterwheel that produced power for hardrock mining equipment, invented by Lester Pelton in 1878. Examples have been preserved at North Star Mining Museum in Grass Valley and at Sierra County Historical Park & Museum near Sierra City.