Windmill

rick n ohio · Aug 17, 2020

Found this yesterday on a farm where my niece is renting a house the owner is 65 yrs old his grandfather built this back in the 40s it used to have a windmill on top to pump water for cattle

SweetFeet · Aug 17, 2020

Very cool pic.

Janicholson · Aug 17, 2020

Restore it for an isolated B&B !!! Jim

Richard G. · Aug 17, 2020

I like it.
That man had great ambition and skill.
Richard

db4600 · Aug 17, 2020

To tell a family secret his grandmother was Dutch.

kcm.MN · Aug 17, 2020

Was showing this to the wife when a thought occurred to me. I wonder if by chance that windmill was built to perform double duty, such as milling grains when not needed for pumping water? Maybe even for powering a saw? Depends on how much power the windmill could produce.

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