Water turbine

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A water turbine is a rotary machine that converts kinetic energy and potential energy of water into mechanical work. Water turbines were developed in the 19th century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. Since then, they have been mostly used for electric power generation. Water turbines are mostly found in dams to generate electric power from water potential energy.

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