Vintage Farm Windmill is a photograph by Alexandra Till which was uploaded on May 11th, 2014.
Title
Vintage Farm Windmill
Artist
Alexandra Till
Medium
Photograph - Photographs - Prints - Digital Images - Cards - Posters - Photo-calendars - Photo Art
Description
© Christine Till
Before the giant wind turbines took over, their little cousins ruled the plains. Small windmills pumped water to settlers, pioneers, and ranchers in the Lone Star state. Before electricity came to rural America, these old-fashioned windmills stood on virtually every farm and ranch, bringing life-sustaining water from underground.
This low-tech solution doesn't need electricity, diesel generators, or easy-to-steal solar panels to provide a steady water supply. The windmill's simplicity is part of its appeal. Here in the U.S., nostalgia is pushing up prices for vintage models, even the ones full of bullet holes, as the windmill's tails are popular targets for bored hunters. Now an old windmill costs as much as a new one. The old Aermotors, the old windmills, they make you feel like you're back in frontier days.
There are still thousands of the old fashioned windmills dotting the landscapes in the Texas Hill Country ... there is a certain nostalgia to those windmills. A made in China turbine that has been passed over for more efficient energy production isn't going to have the same beauty languishing in the West Texas sunset, I'm afraid.
Uploaded
May 11th, 2014
