GC30R26 Traditional Cache Windmill View # 11
Type: Traditional | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 07/24/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 17.283 W104° 10.734 | 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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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 06/07/2018 By coralhart
Thanks for a really fun container! Everything was in good shape!

Found it 05/07/2018 By reforestgrrl
Love the sound of the windmills workings. Quick find.

Found it 05/07/2018 By Cache Dipper
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Cute container

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

Found it 02/14/2018 By gampa&gamma
Quick find on a cool, windy day. Container and log are in great shape. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.