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Wooden Penstock

Traditionally penstock was a word used to describe the pens that water was diverted into as storage ponds to be tapped when required to run water wheels.

Penstock is now a term used to describe the large-diameter pipes that run from a reservoir to a hydroelectric plant. Often, they are short concrete pipes that run down

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