1887 Trade Catalog PELTON WATER WHEEL 1St Ed NEVADA CITY California GOLD MINING

Description: 1887 Trade Catalog PELTON WATER WHEEL 1ST Edition NEVADA CITY California GOLD MINING Mines DESCRIPTION: 1887 Trade Catalog; PELTON WATER WHEEL; FIRST EDITION; NEVADA CITY, California; 36 pages with many illustrations and tables; it measures 9 inches by 5-3/4 inches. CONDITION: Very good, cover staining & some foxing throughout with their new San Francisco address penned in on cover [SEE SCANS]. SECURITY: ARGUS BOOKS [or other wording] in PINK may have been super-imposed over the images for security and are not on the actual item. HISTORY: Lester Allan Pelton was born in Vermilion, Ohio in 1829. In 1850, he traveled overland to California, to take part in the Gold Rush. Pelton worked by selling fish he caught in the Sacramento River. In 1860, he moved to Camptonville, a center of placer mining activity. At this time many mining operations were powered by steam engines which consumed vast amounts of wood as their fuel. Some water wheels were used in the larger rivers, but they were ineffective in the smaller streams that were found near the mines. Pelton worked on a design for a water wheel that would work with the relatively small flow found in these streams. By the mid 1870's, Pelton had developed a wooden prototype of his new wheel. In 1876, he approached the Miners Foundry in Nevada City to build the first commercial models in iron. The first Pelton Wheel was installed at the Mayflower Mine in Nevada City in 1878. The efficiency advantages of the Pelton invention were quickly recognized, and his product was soon in high demand. By the mid-1880's, the Miners Foundry could not meet the demand, and in 1888, Pelton sold the rights to his name and the patents to his invention to the Pelton Water Wheel Company in San Francisco. The company established a factory at 121/123 Main Street in San Francisco [This cover identifies the location of their original office in San Francisco as their Nevada City address is blocked out and their new address [127 First St., San Francisco, Cal. is penned in]. The Pelton Water Wheel Company manufactured a large number of Pelton Wheels in San Francisco which were shipped around the world. In 1892, the Company added a branch on the east coast at 143 Liberty Street in New York City. By 1900, over 11,000 turbines were in use. In 1914, the company moved manufacturing to new, larger premises at 612 Alabama Street in San Francisco. In 1956, the company was acquired by the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Company, which ended manufacture of Pelton Wheels. SHIPPING: All paper items [broadsides, labels, pamphlets, brochures, photos, etc.] that are 1/4 of an inch thick or less are shipped between two double-walled pieces of cardboard [equal to 4 sheets of cardboard and are virtually impossible to bend] by USPS Media mail and at actual cost [unless other arrangements have been made with seller]. [MLL – B2 – S2]

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