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  2. List of windmills in the United States - Wikipedia

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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 ] ).

  3. Iron Turbine Windmill - Wikipedia

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    The windmill was built in the period from 1876 to 1885. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1] According to its National Register nomination, The "Iron Turbine" windmill is the sole known intact example of the first mass produced all-metal windmill remaining in the Southwest and probably the United States.

  4. Windmill - Wikipedia

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    The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

  5. De Zwaan (windmill) - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch government decided to sell it to Wichers for $2800, making De Zwaan the last windmill to leave the Netherlands. Windmill authorities in the Netherlands provided the City of Holland with the history of De Zwaan, noting that it had been built in Krommenie, Netherlands, in 1761 as a grain mill set on a raised base to better capture the wind.

  6. Steel Winds - Wikipedia

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    Construction was divided into two phases. Phase I called for the installation of 8 turbines by 2007, while phase II called for the installation of an additional 6 turbines by 2012. The turbine components for phase I were manufactured in 2006 at Clipper's facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They were shipped overland to the project site in early ...

  7. Paris’ famous Moulin Rouge windmill gets its blades back - AOL

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    Paris’ iconic Moulin Rouge windmill has been fitted with new blades, nearly three months after they fell off the landmark. According to CNN affiliate BFMTV, around 500 spectators watched the ...

  8. Clipper Windpower - Wikipedia

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    Clipper Windpower Marine had started construction of a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Neptune Estate, Tyne in 2010. The factory would have been used to develop and build blades for the Britannia project, a 10 MW offshore wind turbine prototype under development by Clipper and scheduled ...

  9. Maud Foster Windmill - Wikipedia

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    Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located by the Maud Foster Drain in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire, from which she is named. She is one of the largest operating windmills in England being 80 feet (24.38 m) tall to the cap ball.

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