Windmill Water Pump Texas
by Alexandra Till
Title
Windmill Water Pump Texas
Artist
Alexandra Till
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© Christine Till
Multi-bladed wind pumps, also known as American-style windmills, can be found worldwide. Businesses such as The Aermotor Windmill Company, which emerged in 1888, have made few changes in the design of windmills that revolutionized farming and ranching.
A properly designed wind pump begins working in a 3-4 mph (5 to 6.5 km/h) wind. Wind pumps require little maintenance - usually only a change of gear box oil annually. For a century or more that many of these humble windmills were in use, they withstood whatever elements barreled down on them and reliably provided the essential stream of well water that kept families and herds alive. At their peak in 1930, an estimated 600,000 windmills were in use in the United States. An estimated 60,000 wind pumps are still in use. They are particularly attractive for use at remote sites where electric power is not available and maintenance is difficult to provide.
Now, after years of relative anonymity, the humble windmill is making a comeback, partly for its beauty and partly because of the demand for alternatives to traditional energy suppliers.
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May 8th, 2014
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