Frank Krygowski writes:

On 11/12/2018 10:14 AM, Radey Shouman wrote:
... before widespread
electrification household water power was an option for those lucky
enough to have running water:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013...er-motors.html

This idea was successful enough that power-only water networks were
established in few places, to running motors without wasting large
amounts of potable water:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2016...orks.html#more


I'd not heard of that. Very interesting!

Truly there is more than one way to do it.

Reading a little further, one sees an actual water-powered sewing
machine motor, complete with drip tray for leaks:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/medi...itzerland.html

To get closer, if not quite on, topic, lots of material on the
applications of stationary bicycles:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011...factories.html


--