Audrey's Windmill Traditional Cache
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Thanks for the history lessons. Dedicated to Jim and Audrey Reeb
In 1854, a machinist in Connecticut (USA) named Daniel Halladay was
asked by a traveling salesman to invent a windmill for pumping
water and other uses. At first, he was skeptical that such a device
could be sold, but he began manufacturing his new invention in
Connecticut. Soon, he moved his factory to Illinois to be closer to
the rapidly growing western market. His windmill first demonstrated
that a windmill could automatically turn to face changing wind
directions without human attention and could control the speed of
the wind wheel so that it did not destroy itself in the frequent
storms by running too fast. Halladay’s company, the U.S. Wind
Engine & Pump Co., went on to become the largest manufacturer
of windmills in America for a time.
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Pnzb Cvyy Obggyr
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