GC2ZB5B Traditional Cache Windmill View # 5
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 07/02/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 43.515 W104° 34.995 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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In 1854, a machinist in Connecticut (USA) named Daniel Halladay was asked by a traveling salesman to invent a windmill for pumping water and other uses. At first, he was skeptical that such a device could be sold, but he began manufacturing his new invention in Connecticut. Soon, he moved his factory to Illinois to be closer to the rapidly growing western market. His windmill first demonstrated that a windmill could automatically turn to face changing wind directions without human attention and could control the speed of the wind wheel so that it did not destroy itself in the frequent storms by running too fast.

Halladay’s company, the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., went on to become the largest manufacturer of windmills in America for a time.
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6 Logs: Found it 6  

Found it 09/03/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #48923

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide imusttravel2000, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 08/12/2018 By ColoradoA_Team
Fun find. Nice hide! SL

Found it 07/04/2018 By DustyKat
Out caching on the 4th of July.

Found it 05/16/2018 By GanderGoose
It was a great day for a geocaching adventure on the plains. It was great fun to see an adult killdeer with her wee ones on this corner. It was strange to see them in such a dry area. This was a different kind of windmill in your windmill series. Thanks for the placement, Imusttravel2000!

Found it 04/28/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 04/28/2018 By EJBHGV
Great day for caching on the plains east of Denver.
Got 44 Find and 3 DNF's
But most of all, had a great day.
Thanks to all CO's for making this possible.