This evolution is on display at the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, which bills itself as the world’s largest windmill museum. Dozens of old, clanking windmills occupy the grounds of a small, breezy hilltop, irrigating the grass ...
In Texas Museum, Wind's Evolution is on Display
LUBBOCK — A century ago, Texas was covered with windmills, which pumped water from aquifers so cattle could drink and gardens could grow. Thousands of these old-style models still exist in remote pastures, but in recent years far taller and more powerful turbines have sprouted atop western mesas, transforming this oil and gas state into the national leader in wind-generated electrical power.
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Mary Lynn VanZandt Neill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I've seen those monsters,and if they could power a windmill,I'd be shocked. Ridiculous...thought ole T.Boone Pickens was gonna be in the gas bidness. Hot air,after all!
Tracy Griffith via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Just saw a train loaded with a bunch of turbine blades heading west on Saturday. I'm always surprised at how large they really are.