This article was originally published with the title “ The Utilization of Wind as a Motive Force ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 73 No. 23 (December 1895), p. 354 doi:10.1038 ...

The 260-foot tall windmill would be installed at the Oak Street pumping station and save the city nearly $200,000 a year in electric bills to pump sewage and rainwater to a treatment plant in ...