Yesterday I decided to zoom in on the two windmill towers that still exist within sight of our farm. (You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.)
This first windmill (or wind engine as stated on Wikipedia) is about a half-mile away. This type of windmill was invented in 1854 and was used mostly for pumping water from wells. I remember years ago there was a cement cattle tank next to this windmill.
In this second photo there is a windmill tower with no blades remaining. It's over a mile away. It is a three-legged tower. The one in the first photo has the usual four legs. Both towers have stood for many years and the one below even survived a tornado in 2008.
On the farm where I grew up, we had a windmill tower with no blades. Next to it was a cement cattle tank where my siblings and I would swim (we had no cattle then).
I've heard stories about people who used to climb windmills, mostly for the sake of repairs. Teenage boys, however, would climb windmills for fun. One of those crazy boys was blown off the top of a windmill and landed in a haystack. Quite a stunt!
Have a winderful day!
Stay safe and well!
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3 comments:
Where I grew up in rural Texas such windmills were a common sight, though we didn’t have one. Before we moved there, I thought windmills looked like those in Holland.
Oh, the sweetness of childhood! Where in Texas did you live?
Outside of Fort Worth near a wide spot in the road called Mansfield that had two traffic signals and around a thousand inhabitants. Today it has grown a bit and has a population of close to 75,000... miles
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