Windmills Water Pumps

The European settlers in the US brought the knowledge of windmills to the new world. At the beginning of the 19th century, Windmills were quite common on the east coast of the US around Dutch and German settlements. When the settlers moved from the east coast to the west, they carried this technology along the…

Water Windmill Water Windmill that pump water is simple and efficient design machine that has been used extensively for pumping water in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the US and still, can be seen working in many parts of the country. A simple diagram of windmill water pumping working is illustrated as…