ALCOVA, Wyo. — The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill's whirling blade and then pulling the underground pipe ...

The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill’s whirling blade and then pulling the underground pipe to make way for ...

The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill's whirling blade and then pulling the underground pipe to make way for ...

In 1890, a fast-growing Indiana company, Flint & Walling, opened a distribution center for its popular Star Wind Mills in Cedar Rapids. A year later, the company decided to save on shipping and start ...

ADRIAN - Across the rural landscape of southwest Minnesota, towering wind turbines cast a futuristic look over farm fields just starting to green up after the spring plant. The three blades of each ...

RHINE CENTER - As David Kissinger shared details about the 40-foot windmill standing on the edge of his and his wife Susan’s property near Elkhart Lake, Susan pointed out the grapevine wrapped around ...

Butte Valley >> The growing availability of electricity spelled their death, but for generations windmills were the backbone of the American frontier. With squeaky determination, they faced the wind ...

Mon., Sept. 9, 2019 Hugh Grim, left, a longtime hobbyist who restores old farm windmills, chats with Spokane County Interstate Fair visitor David Haraway, right, under an antique windmill that was ...

It’s 65 feet tall, 5,000 pounds of galvanized steel, 91 years old and finally home. A historic windmill has come full circle and is spinning on the site of its original manufacture at Elgin’s Foundry ...

ODESSA -- Their towers rise from the ground, their silhouettes a nostalgic reminder of America's pioneer past. But look closer and see that, constant as the blowing wind, the wheels of West Texas ...