The pipes are not shown in the illustration. A Vertical Turbine installed in a concrete penstock. At the top of the vertical shaft a pair of bevel gears transmit the power to a horizontal shaft, from which it is transmitted to a generator, pump or line shaft by a pulley and belt. An automatic governor is shown to open and close the Turbine gates. A Turbine Water Wheel with generator connected directly to its vertical shaft.
Installation is complete with generator, exciter, oil pressure governor and switchboard.
Turbine Water Wheel installed in steel case with generator and exciter resting on top of the case. An oil pressure governor operates the Turbine gates. The water comes to the Turbine through a steel pipe that is not shown in the illustration, and leaves the Turbine through the short draft tube and concrete flume at the bottom. Impulse Water Wheels are used where the Water falls are very high from 100 to several thousand feet in height. They utilize flows of water from a stream 4 inches wide to 8 or 10 feet wide.