Image:Wind turbine 1941.jpg

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PIX number

13533

Title:

Smith Putnam Wind Turbine on Grandpa's Knob in Vermont, circa 1941

Caption

On a hilltop in Rutland, Vermont, "Grandpa's Knob" wind generator supplied power to the local grid for several months during World War II. The Smith- Putnam machine was rated at 1.25 megawatts in winds of about 30 miles per hour. It was removed from service in 1945.

Credit:

unknown

Publications:

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Date:


Index Date:

9/27/2004

DOE_office:


Notes:

Circa 1941; no credit information available, historical image

Subject:

wind

Descriptors:

first grid-connected electricity, historic, historical, utilities, windmill, wind turbine

Person/Place:

Grandpa's Knob in Vermont

Release Level

Full/Internet

DOE Information:

Source: http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/searchpix.cgi?getrec=1080709&display_type=verbose&search_reverse=1

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