Farris Windmill on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Summary

Built in the mid-1600s, the Farris windmill is said to be the oldest windmill in the United States. It operated in Cape Cod, Massachusetts -- ocean breezes moved the sails that turned the grain milling machinery inside. In 1935, the Ford Dealers of the United States and Canada purchased the windmill and moved it to Greenfield Village as a gift for Henry and Edsel Ford.

Built in the mid-1600s, the Farris windmill is said to be the oldest windmill in the United States. It operated in Cape Cod, Massachusetts -- ocean breezes moved the sails that turned the grain milling machinery inside. In 1935, the Ford Dealers of the United States and Canada purchased the windmill and moved it to Greenfield Village as a gift for Henry and Edsel Ford.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1890-1936

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.189

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in

Width: 10.00 in

Inscriptions

Original owned by Kenneth Roberts. Copied Nov. 1989 / Cape Cod windmill with identifying sign. F. A. ABELL property in background

Farris Windmill

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