Windmills: Extracting Power from the Air

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For many centuries windmills have been used as gristmills, to grind grain, or windpumps, to pump water from the ground. Modern windmills can even generate electricity.

Windmill, circa 1885

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Windmill at Bass River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1885

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Riverside Stock Farm, Huron, South Dakota, circa 1905 - 1

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"T. Smits Vly in Early Times" (New Amsterdam, later New York City), Lithograph from 1861

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Windmills in Eckartsberga, Germany, circa 1935

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Steel Engraving, "Newport, Rhode Island," 1831

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Enertech Wind Turbine, 1984 - 1

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Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) at Its Original Location, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923-1926

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Thomas Flyer in Front of Windmills in Russia, New York to Paris Race, 1908

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Aerial View of Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) at Its Original Location, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1931 - 1

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Menlo Park Library, Sarah Jordan Boarding House, and Edison's Home, Original Site, Edison, New Jersey, circa 1880

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Zenith Radio Wincharger, 1935-1937 - 1

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Stover Windmill, circa 1883

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Trade Card for Halladay Windmills, U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., 1870-1900

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Farris Windmill - 2

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Stover's Automatic Wind Engine for Pumping Water, Grinding, &c., 1876

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