Station 3
.· Hydropower Transmission · .

. Image 6

• The water wheel is 24 feet in diameter having 72 buckets each measuring four feet in width.
• Fifteen gallons of water can be contained in each of the 36 descending buckets.
• The weight of the water (two tons) falling generates approximately 40 horsepower at 5 rpm (revolutions per minute). This is due to the force of gravity.
• The large "bull gear" turns at the same speed as the wheel, but the small "pinion gear" turns four times faster: 20 rpm (see image 6 above).
• The "master pulley" turns at the same speed as the pinion gear (20 rpm).

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