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In this nation more than others, "windmill" is often used to refer to what are properly termed windpumps bringing up water for agriculture. This is at least partly due to usage by windpump builders Eclipse Windmill Company (1873) and Aermotor Windmill Company (1888, the sole surviving US "windmill" manufacturer [ 1 ] ).
The List of windmills is a link page for any windmill or windpump This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Southold was a center of windmill building activity by the golden Age of smock mills, 1795-1820. A smock windmill still stands, the Sylvesters (1810) of Shelter Island. The Peconic windmill (1840) was neglected after the 1898 storm and razed in 1906. A replica windmill was restored in Aquebogue that is a copy of the 1804 "Pantigo" smock mill. [22]
2. Bowerie Windmill, Nieuw Amsterdam (1663): Erected in 1663, the Bowerie Windmill was on the farm of Gov Peter Stuyvesant in Nieuw Amsterdam, (Todays Bowery St.) The trail led outside the ‘Wall’ past farmland. When the English took NY from the Dutch, they decided to let the then 2 yr old windmill continue operating. 3.
Hook Windmill, also known as Old Hook Mill, is a historic windmill on North Main Street in East Hampton, New York.It was built in 1806 and operated regularly until 1908. One of the most complete of the existing windmills on Long Island, [2] the windmill was sold to the town of East Hampton in 192
Pages in category "Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Old Fort Windmill stood out from other mills that followed it due to the extensive rules and regulations imposed by the Dutch authorities to oversee milling operations. Director Minuit was the first to introduce regulations specifically for this mill. In February 1652, an ordinance was passed to regulate the Old Fort Windmill.
Pages in category "Lists of windmills in the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .