Windmills

Discussing windmills in another thread recently, got me to thinking about these photos from a few years ago that may be of interest to some.
We have 9 mills still in operation with wheel sizes from 8ft to 21ft.
The bearings in this Metters 14ft mill were completely worn, and rather than wear an expensive repair bill we decided to
run it to destruction, then replace it with a solar pump.
Sure enough, despite pouring copious amounts of oil into it, it eventually let go with catastrophic...

Windmills

Windmills