Farmer's Fancy Windmill by bmac62

Photography • Monochrome/Black and White • posted on Oct 25, 2009

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Description

Used for pumping water from a farm well. Windmill blades are in the off position. Far fancier than the normal run of the mill windmill. Bill:)

Comments (39)

frankie96

9:08PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

Thought maybe it was some high tech new design...but it is a functional off switch....

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kenmo

9:13PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

Wow...very unique and interesting.... Well done Bill....!!!!

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nigh23

9:26PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

sure is fancy alright great compo

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bimm3d

11:09PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

great photo!

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auntietk

11:22PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

This is quite coy ... a fan dance, hiding the mechanism which makes it work. The US Patent office provides the same sort of cover ... abstracts, but no drawings. You KNOW I want to know!! LOL!

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tstray1

11:24PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

That is fancy, great shot!!

MrsLubner

11:47PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

What a stellar windmill! Fabulous find and great look at it.

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beachzz

11:54PM | Sun, 25 October 2009

Wow, an abstract windmill, I love it, and I love the B&W!

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mickeyrony

12:55AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Beautiful catch my friend. Cheer and mile Very clever mercies like pump ((5++)) Belle prise mon ami . Bravo et mile mercis Très ingénieux comme pompe ((5++))

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cfulton

3:27AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Brilliant Bill! I am sure the farmer's efforts are not in vane.... Cheers, Clive

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durleybeachbum

3:51AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

It never occurred to me there could be an 'off' position! Most interesting!

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Digitaleagle

4:22AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

I,ve seen a ton of wind mills never one like this, excellent capture!!

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Meisiekind

5:01AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

What next - designer windmill blades... what do you know! Most interesting and a great find and capture Bill! :)

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DAVER2112

6:10AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

That's really cool! Nice shot. :)

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jendellas

6:27AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Great piece of machinery, don't see these over here.

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flavia49

7:15AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

wonderful stuff!!! the windmill and the capture!!

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THROBBE

7:59AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Nice shot Bill! Love the treatment!

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drace68

8:07AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Excellent photo. The "basket" design evolved as a possible solution to the problem of run-away rotors with conventional bladed mills (Aeromotor and Dempster). As wind speed picks up, and if the governing tail vane fails (a too common occurrence), the conventional rotor spins ever-faster creating massive precession forces strong enough to tear down the tower. Twenty mph wind can do it.

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Rainastorm

8:16AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Very cool and quite interesting Bill:-)

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kansas

10:02AM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Super shot. Wonderful windmill.

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flora-crassella

12:39PM | Mon, 26 October 2009

a interesting object! great shot!!!!

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kasalin

1:05PM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Never seen such a mill.... thanks for sharing, Bill !!!

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orig_buggy

2:40PM | Mon, 26 October 2009

that is very different ..you captured it well in b & w

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dbrv6

3:23PM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Great photo and information from Drac - I was wondering about the design, especialy considering the cost of blades and the considerations of balance.

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goodoleboy

4:01PM | Mon, 26 October 2009

Wow, how inventive and practical can you get? What a fantastic conclomeration of equipment...the blades themselves look like venetian blinds. I like the horse on the opposite end getting ready to jump.

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