#57 Kaplan Turbine

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1929

One of the first three Kaplan-type hydraulic turbines in the United States

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This Kaplan turbine is one of the first three machines to be put into service in the United States. Named for its Austrian inventor, Viktor Kaplan (1876-1934), the turbine was an outstanding innovation, operating with a high, nearly constant efficiency over a wide load range. The machine was built by S. Morgan Smith Company of York, Pennsylvania.

For More Information

Metropolitan Edison Power Co
 P.O. Box 16001
Reading, PA 19640-0001

Owner

York Haven Hydroelectric Station

Visiting Info

By appointment only

Ceremony Notes

October 1980