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History of wind power. Plan of the wind turbine for power generation by Josef Friedlaender before the electrical exhibition in the Vienna Prater (Rotunde) in 1883. Charles Brush's windmill of 1888, used for generating electricity. Wind power has been used as long as humans have put sails into the wind.
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.
Wind power is a branch of the energy industry that has expanded quickly in the United States over the last several years. [1] From January through December 2023, 425.2 terawatt-hours were generated by wind power, or 10.18% of electricity in the United States. [2] The average wind turbine generates enough electricity in 46 minutes to power the ...
Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-0288-X. Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1. Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is the Windmill World website.
Orient windmills. The Tide Mill at Southold, erected in the 1640's by Thomas Benedict, holds a place of distinction in American history as the first recorded English mill in the New World. It paved the way for future tide mills and contributed to the economic growth of the Southold community. [1]
The geological history of North America comprises the history of geological occurrences and emergence of life in North America during the interval of time spanning from the formation of the Earth through to the emergence of humanity and the start of prehistory. At the start of the Paleozoic Era, what is now "North" America was actually in the ...
This ice sheet was the primary feature of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, commonly referred to as the ice age. During the Pre-Illinoian Stage, the Laurentide Ice Sheet extended as far south as the Missouri and Ohio River valleys. It was up to 2 mi (3.2 km) thick in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, but much thinner at its edges, where nunataks ...
Tower mill. Haigh Windmill. A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind. [1][2][3][4][5] This rotating cap on a firm masonry base gave tower mills great advantages over earlier post mills, as they could stand much higher ...