Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their role in developing hydroelectric power, including engineers who designed early dams and turbines and the innovators who first harnessed falling water to generate electricity at scale. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a dam, a turbine design or a hydroelectric plant, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas, one level up from this pioneer grouping.
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1. Water turbine - Wikipedia
WikipediaTimeline, Fourneyron 1826 outward-flow turbineQuote, Timeline, Fourneyron 1826 outward-flow turbine
In 1826, Benoit Fourneyron developed an outward-flow turbine.
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