WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNE5 By EUGENE HENRY, Whitby's foremost historian Ouir historiceal N 4 4' You don't have to be a senior citizen to remember the metal windmills that dotted the Whitby area farm lands in the past--but it helps. those that are still stan- ding rusty and forlorn, have been abandoned by their owners, sient now and defiant of the age electnicity we live in. They are in fact, lonely and poignant reminders of the late 1800's and early In 1888 an American by the name of Noyes invented the first ail metal windniill and in no time at ahl, they were selling by the thousands in the United States and Canada. In retrospect, it is safe to say at this point in time that it was rural electrification in both Canada and the U.S. SDAY, JU LY 9, 1980, PAGE 19 that brought an end to, that engine in the sky. With an acute energy crisis already at hand,'ail energy procedures materials and equipment is getting a secon look by scientist planners around the workd--might the win- dmills corne again? heritage 1900's when life in rural On- tario was much slower than it is today. The hey dey for the win- dmill lasted more than 50 years and it came to an end when Ontario Hydro, strung wires along the most remote back-concession roads of thesé parts, bringing elec- tricity to almost al of the Whitby Area. The windmills were generally located over a farmer's deepest well and once they were operative hand pumping water for cat- ijýen and home use, was a laborious chore of the past. A cattie trough was ever present below the mill and water was not wasted, because of a simple cut-off float similiar to the one in your toilet tank at home today. The windmills vanes would be set in motion by the slightest breese when the off-set vanes were well ouled. Its feature was, however, the fan like tail that kept the vanes into the wind at al times. The windmill came to Nor- th America long with the fir- st colonist from Europe, where it had been in use in countries like Holland for a long time. the earliest types used canvas sails for vanes and these were replaced later by vanes of wood. 1.00 lb. 1.20 lb. 2.00 lb. 2.25 lb. 1.00 lb. 2.00 16 oz. I ake Wîlson Rd. outh of Wentworth to Marwood We're in the Industrial Mali Alert to Tyire- riileer Off-the-ROad Tire Engineerinlg ResearCh /Mfafufacturing Opportuflities irn Canada W&'re specialists at United Tire anid Rubber Co.. Ltd. We design, manufacture. and mar-ket specialized heavy duty truck and off-the-road tires that keep the mining. forestry and construction induistries mnoving un interrupted. We're seeking key professionals in the tire engineer- ing and chernical fiel-ds to statff oui' expancling mi-anuL- facturing facility. 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