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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 70: Wave Motors

Christine Miller shares the history of tidal energy machines and wave motors near the Cliff House, an 1890s movement to harness the power of the sea.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - May 9, 2014

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 70: Wave Motors Outside Lands Podcast Episode 70: Wave Motors

(above) Wave Motor, circa 1895

Holland Wave Motor on rock at Point Lobos, north of Sutro Baths.
B.W. Kilburn

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