The first such windmills were developed in the mid-1850s by Connecticut machinist Daniel Halladay. They differed dramatically, both in form and function, from traditional European windmills (think Don ...

The story of the water-pumping windmill and what it meant to the survival of settlers is everywhere in the cluttered Kregel museum: hundreds of undisturbed boxes full of parts, benches littered with ...

The geographical regions in which water-pumping windmills are common, and the uses to which they are put are briefly described. Their operation and design are summarised, including mention of recent ...

One thing Nebraska has plenty of is wind, and George F. Kregel found a way to use it. In 1879 Kregel developed a water-pumping windmill that would harness that wind and help pioneer farmers survive on ...

At the University of Technology Eindhoven a data acquisition system has been realized for field measurements of water pumping windmills. The work was realized within the framework of CWD, Consultancy ...

Work on restoration of the windmill and water pump at the Tischner- Gregory- Goodell - Wallisch historic site was underway on May 20. Paul A. Behrends and Tyler Brockett came in from Champagne, ...

Long before wind turbines were used to produce renewable energy, windmills were pumping water. To celebrate the role windmills played in the settlement of North Dakota, the Stark County Historical ...

Here's the deal: The 100-year-old windmill at the northwest end of Golden Gate Park continues to draw tourists and park-goers who marvel at its rehabilitation, but its sister windmill at the park's ...

Scientists have designed a system that combines solar panels, wind turbines, and battery storage to operate water pumping systems in Jordan. They simulated it under several scenarios in search of the ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Forests of enormous electric wind turbines now rise across West Texas ...