Uses the water hammer principal
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This Lombard Governor controlled the speed of the hydraulic turbine of the Arctic Mill on the south branch of the Pawtuxet. This one is a gift of Warren Galkin who replaced it with a modern cross flow turbine driving an alternator which pumps electricity into the grid.
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This shop stool was used by Ray HasBrouck for about 50 years when working at his lathe. Many of the resulting models are in the museum's collection.
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This worn out trolley car wheel was used as the grounding electrode at the Hamilton, RI, Seaview RR power station. The 600 volt DC generator was driven by an Improved Greene Engine. A heavy copper wire led from this buried wheel to the tracks. The tracks were negative and the trolley wire was positive to …
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