![]() ![]() This acute shortage of extant early hydromachinery is the principal reason why the technological history of the water motor remains obscure and relatively poorly documented.Recently, however, the discovery of a unique turbine located on a plantation at Ponce, near the south coast of Puerto Rico, promised to open a new window on the past. ![]() Johnson assessed the 'Buena Vista Turbine' in the following way: Only the three Scotch turbines-first patented in the 1840s-are known to exist in the United States. It is significant that in the mid-1840s-while the hacienda was being developed-the Scotch turbine was being patented in the United States after European designs (particularly the La Cour's centrifugal wheel). Today we head across the full length of Puerto Rico west to east, back to Cloudy Bay. Cloudy, we missed you After a wonderful night sleep we are bright and fresh. Apparently, the Buena Vista turbine builder used the Scotch turbine principles to make the one in situ, adapting at the same time parts of the Baker's design with added improvements of its own. Sunday 14 Apr, Puerto Rico day 10: Travel full length of the island back to Cloudy Bay, via Hacienda Buena Vista, Ponce and a couple of supermarkets. On the other hand, it is not a Scotch turbine either, being this a modification of the Baker turbine. ![]() Nevertheless, the wheels have an element in common since their arms are very similar in so far as it refers to shape, position, and function. Although the turbine is not a classic 17th-century Baker's centrifugal or reaction turbine wheel it might be a transformed one, since this 'Buena Vista Turbine' does not fit within the Baker's description. ![]()
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