Windmill at Bass River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1885
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Since the early 1600s, Americans have built windmills to grind grain, pump water, drive machinery and generate power. This photograph from the late 1800s shows an early European-style windmill on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wind power drove the grain grinding machinery inside. Mill owners could position the mill's sails to catch the ocean breeze by moving the tail pole to turn the rotating cap.
Since the early 1600s, Americans have built windmills to grind grain, pump water, drive machinery and generate power. This photograph from the late 1800s shows an early European-style windmill on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wind power drove the grain grinding machinery inside. Mill owners could position the mill's sails to catch the ocean breeze by moving the tail pole to turn the rotating cap.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1885
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.0.60.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 4.125 in
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