Who has a real windmill?

   / Who has a real windmill? #11  
There's a big one near me. Has a big tank it filled up and gravity fed the house. Dad and I worked on that thing a few times. The old woman there was my granddaddy's aunt, born in 1883. Her son made movies. My dad worked for him for years building movie theaters through the south. The Legend of Boggy Creek is one you'll probably know.
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #12  
Been putting one together, Monitor head and and a pieced together stand from 3 different ones. Square bolts and nuts are a blast especially inside angle irons. Lots of PB Blaster and Kroil.
36' from ground to top of wheel. Not going to be operational as in pumping water, I'll be able to put it in gear for fun only.
Silly things grab my attention when I see them still standing and always wanted one.
(Yes! The Wife thinks I'm nuts)

Almost bought one many years ago. It was about 25-30 ft. Too much wear on it so I passed.
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #13  
   / Who has a real windmill? #14  
One of my idle fantasies is to hook a windmill to a heat pump and use it as a chiller in the summer and a heater in the winter. However, my county has the lowest average wind speed in the USA. If you want a windmill to work, you better put it on top of a mountain around here.
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #15  
My friend has had one in service for 25 years pumping all the water he uses. Love to watch it work. Another local windmill is watering the cattle trough.
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #16  
Dawson Creek, BC

these things are HUGE, I mean mega HUGE ... Bear Mountain Wind Park, 34 towering windmills and great hiking trails.

my late brother was the Mayor at the time, and instrumental in getting this project to move ahead

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   / Who has a real windmill? #17  
I’ve been putting a lot of miles on my Trek e bike this last year. Of course there is an e bike forum and very long thread where people post pics of their rides. People post up beautiful pics of mountains, oceans and there are a lot of people from England so castles and other great scenery.

I live in Western Illinois so lots of corn and soybeans so I started posting up barn pictures. So todays barn pic also has a windmill in it. It looks either newer or restored.
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   / Who has a real windmill? #18  
I’ve been putting a lot of miles on my Trek e bike this last year. Of course there is an e bike forum of course and a very long thread where people post pics of their rides. People post up beautiful pics of mountains, oceans and there are a lot of people from England so castles and other great scenery.

I live in Western Illinois so lots of corn and soybeans so I started posting up barn pictures. So todays barn pic also has a windmill in it. It looks either newer or restored.
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That would make a nice print to frame!
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #19  
I suspect this is an old farmstead but the house just out of the picture to the left was built in the last 30 years. They probably took the old house down and built the new one.
 
   / Who has a real windmill? #20  
I’ve been putting a lot of miles on my Trek e bike this last year. Of course there is an e bike forum and very long thread where people post pics of their rides. People post up beautiful pics of mountains, oceans and there are a lot of people from England so castles and other great scenery.

I live in Western Illinois so lots of corn and soybeans so I started posting up barn pictures. So todays barn pic also has a windmill in it. It looks either newer or restored.
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Yup. Obviously that windmill is there for decoration only.
 

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