Farris Windmill being Constructed in Greenfield Village
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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. This photograph shows the mill stones found when the windmill was being dismantled. The windmill was moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the mid-1930s.
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. This photograph shows the mill stones found when the windmill was being dismantled. The windmill was moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the mid-1930s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
31 December 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.1391
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.438 in
Width: 11.125 in
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