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 Origins
and history of windmills to be topic
at next meeting of the Logan County
Genealogical and Historical Society
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[February 06, 2016]
LINCOLN - John W.
Durdle of Hopedale will be
presenting a power point program on
windmills, at the Monday, February
15th meeting of the Logan County
Genealogical and Historical Society,
114 N. Chicago St., Lincoln, IL, at
6:30 p.m.
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 The
four-part presentation will include
the origins of windmills, the
windmills of the Ostfriesland area
of Germany, the Dutch stile
windmills that were and still are in
Illinois, and the farm windmills.
The farm windmills were a part of
nearly every farmstead across the
United States and around the world.
Illinois had a major part in the
manufacturing of these windmills.
Logan County even had a windmill
manufacturer in Mount Pulaski.
Durdle has had an interest in
windmills since an early age, and
has been collecting windmills for
about 35 years. He has about 75
different makes and models in his
collection, some he has restored and
some are in versus states of
disrepair. It is his wish to find
someone, group or company that would
be interested in forming a windmill
museum. There are windmill museums
in other states but not any in
Illinois.
[John
W. Durdle]
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