Monitor Vaneless Windmill -- Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX - Windmills on Waymarking.com

This Monitor Vaneless Windmill is on display at the National Ranching Heritage Center on the campus if Texas Tech University in Lubbock TX. An interpretive sign at the windmill reads as follows:

"Monitor Vaneless Windmill
c. 1918

The 10-foot-wide windmill uses a spring governor and collapsible blade sections to control the speed of mill turns. A football-shaped counterweight made of reinforced concrete and steel replaced the company's discus-shaped balance weight, which was phased out by 1918."

Date of Manufacture: 01/01/1918 Purpose: Water Pumping Open to the public: yes Is This Windmill Functional?: Yes! Windmill Farm: no Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Museum on Site: yes

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Date Logged Log User Rating   08/06/2016 Benchmark Blasterz visited it