Gladden Wind Turbine, Pigeon Valley Road, Napoli, Cattaraugus County, NY
Summary
Significance: The Gladden Wind Turbine is a well preserved example of a vertical wind turbine built during the 19th century. Although no longer operational, the turbine (and associated mill structure) is a rare example of wind power technology in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9
Survey number: HAER NY-82
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Gladden, George
Milks, John
Location
cattaraugus county, 42.23469, -78.89760
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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