Raising water -- Perry's "mathematical wheel" -- Open-gear windmill -- Scholes's resolve -- New heights -- Disillusion -- Saving an icon -- Experimenters and restorers -- Still turning -- Appendix.

Long before wind turbines were used to produce renewable energy, windmills were pumping water. To celebrate the role windmills played in the settlement of North Dakota, the Stark County Historical ...

The sound of a creaking windmill, constant wind and dripping water help define a classic scene in the 1968 Sergio Leone film, “Once Upon A Time in the West.” David Foster wanted that symbol of the ...

SAN RAMON — The historic Glass farm house in San Ramon now has a windmill towering above it. Visible from Interstate 680, the windmill marks the completion of the restoration of the landmark home.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of three parts on the importance of windmills. Kevin Moore, owner of Rock Ridge Windmills in northern California, sells windmills to people all over the country for ...

Jay McGinnis remembers his grandfather telling him stories about working on windmills. His grandfather, J. Mont McGinnis, would go from farm to farm in southern York County, greasing and maintaining ...