Still Turning: A History of Aermotor Windmills (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities)

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The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced operations in Chicago in 1888, is the nation’s sole remaining full-time manufacturer of water-pumping machines. The company’s imprint on rural The united states, particularly around the West, continues to be visible nowadays within the tens of thousands of its windmills that bring water to the earth’s surface. Still Turning is the first book to explore the upward thrust of the American windmill through the experience of this essential company.

Aermotor founder La Verne Noyes and engineer Thomas Perry developed and perfected the all-metal wind pump within the 1880s. Within a decade, the “mathematical windmill” started to dominate the market. Aermotor continued to expand and innovate.

The ruggedness and simplicity of the American mechanical windmill has allowed it to live longer than many newer water-pumping technologies over time with minimal maintenance and oversight.

Christopher C. Gillis traces this story and more, from the early days of the company to Aermotor’s present-day relevance as it continues to produce its iconic windmills. Still Turning is a significant contribution not only to the history of wind power but also to the history of American enterprise.
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