Farmstead with windmill and water tank
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- Created Date
- 1880-1910;
- Description
Windmills were an essential part of farmsteads before electrical lines were extended to rural areas. Windmils pumped water for the farm family's needs as well as for the animals. Water was stored in large tanks and routed to various places on the farm by an ingenious sytem of pipes.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Mineral Point Historical Society
- Collection
- Glass Plate Negative Collection
- Type
- image
- Format
- Image/ jpeg
- Rights
- Copyright to this resource is held by the Mineral Point Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of the image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Please contact the Mineral Point Historical Society at MPHS@mineralpointhistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content.
- Chicago citation style
- Farmstead with windmill and water tank. 1880-1910. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/28. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1880-1910) Farmstead with windmill and water tank. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/28
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/28>.