Lester Allan Pelton – The father of hydroelectric power

Lester A. Pelton (1829-1908) – Inventor whose invention paved the way for low-cost hydroelectric power.Pelton was born in Vermilion, Ohio, in 1829. At age 20 he set out by foot to cross the plains and strike it rich. The first fourteen years he spent mining and wasn’t very successful. He moved to Camptonville and turned to carpentry, built homes, a school house, mine structures, and water wheels, eventually becoming a millwright.

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