Hydro Power

By Zacin8or
  • Period: 500 BCE to

    Hydro History

  • 202 BCE

    First use of Hydropower

    First use of Hydropower
    The first use of Hydropower was found in the Han Dynasty in China. They were used to move large hammers to make the first paper.
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    First use of making flour with water wheels

    First use of making flour with water wheels
    The Greeks used water wheels to drive big hammers to crush wheat into flour. It is significant because it had never been done before.

  • First factory powered by hydro power

    First factory powered by hydro power
    Richard Arkwright created one of the first factories. It weaved cotton and was powered by hydro

  • The first Fourneyron water turbine

    The first Fourneyron water turbine
    The engineer Benoit Fourneyron created the Fourneyron water turbine. It produced SIX HORSEPOWER!! This is the first design of the Fourneyron Turbine

  • First modern water turbine

    First modern water turbine
    James Francis created a water turbine that circulates the water around a tube and uses more of the water’s energy