Modern wind turbines are now a common site across the Iowa countryside, while old fashioned windmills are rusting away on abandoned farmsteads. But, a central Iowa man is working to preserve the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - During a trip to Osmond, we met a man who fixes old windmills for a living, and even makes his own parts in his shop. Eric Wattier refurbishes old windmills, and overhauls old ...

In 2008, when we last visited Hugh Grim, two towering vintage windmills stood sentry in his yard at the southwestern edge of Spokane. The retired construction foreman had discovered a fascinating, ...

ALCOVA, Wyo.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 ...

Iconic mechanical windmills of metal and wood have pumped life into American ranches and farms for 150 years, their function withstanding rural electrification in remote locations beyond the reach of ...

The restoration project included repairing the roof, strengthening the roof using cob material and repairing walls and interior parts of the mudbrick windmills, Amir Esmaeil Shahsavari said, IRNA ...

DEMING – It took a little over two years in the making but a slice of Deming and Americana has been restored and put back in place. The landmark windmill at the Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce ...

HOLLAND (AP) - A worker has found rotted beams during renovation work on the 250-year-old DeZwaan windmill at Windmill Island Gardens, making it likely that more repairs will be needed sooner than ...

Regarding the letters of May 25 on rural wind power: Rural America used wind before electricity was available. Most farms had a windmill. They pumped water from the well into a tank for home use. Here ...