Resources

Internet Links

Organizations

SPOOM

Society for the Preservation of Old Mills

Dutch Mill Database

The official compilation of windmills in the Netherlands

The Mills Archives

Windmill and watermill related archives in the United Kingdom

American Wind Energy Association

Information about wind energy initiatives in the United States

Illinois Wind Energy Association

Information about wind energy initiatives in Illinois

Wind Turbines

A social network for the wind turbine community

Museums

Dedicated in April 2010, the Windmill Cultural Center sits across the street from Fulton’s iconic Dutch windmill, De Immigrant. It is the first museum of its kind in Illinois, featuring twenty-one model windmills and Dutch artifacts.

Museum of Science and Industry

Chicago, IL

Smart Home: Green and Wired—tour a home that is eco-friendly and wind powered! The museum is great for families and has a wide range of exhibits.

Mid-America Windmill Museum

Kendallville, IN

Includes an original 1854 Halladay Standard wind engine and the Robertson Post Mill, a replica of the first windmill built in America at Williamsburg, VA. Their collection of windmills new and old has grown to include more than fifty since its opening in 1994.

Windmill Island

Holland, MI

Home to a windmill museum, shops, and the authentic Dutch windmill De Zwaan, which was the first (and last) windmill to be removed from the Netherlands. The functioning windmill offers tours and has a variety of tools on display. Dancers perform periodically outside the mill, and the museum features photographs and a short film about De Zwaan.

American Wind Power Center and Museum

Lubbock, TX

Boasts an impressive collection of wind engines, turbines, and a replica of the post mill at Flowerdew Hundred plantation in Virginia. Recently a large mural depicting the evolution of the windmill through our agricultural history was completed within the main gallery.

Shattuck Windmill Museum

Shattuck, OK

A collection of American wind engines.

Dutch Windmill Museum

Nederland, TX

Features some local artifacts and history about Dutch settlers in Texas, housed within a windmill-inspired building with rotating sails.

Education

4-H Club

Power of Wind online downloadable course for middle-school children.

Department of Energy—Kids

Information about how energy works, designed for younger children.

Websites

Windmill World

A collection of windmill profiles from around the world

American Windmills

Information about wind engines and repair

Windmill Parts

Collection of wind engine manuals, parts, and identifying photographs

Windmill Literature

Collection of sales and repair manuals for many popular wind engines

Windmiller’s Gazette

Maintained by T. Lindsay Baker, author of the extensive A Field Guide to American Windmills

Pond Lily Mill Restoration

An incredibly detailed site about milling, maintenance, and restorations.

Development of the Windmill

A look at how Europe influenced the evolution of windmill design

Telosnet Illustrated History of Wind Power

As the name implies, a thorough history of wind power development.

Mill Pictures

Photographs of various mills (mostly water-powered)

Ohio Barns - Old and Interesting Mills

The mill section of the larger Ohio Barns site, featuring barns and roadside oddities from across the country.

Millwrights

Verbij Windmill Design and Construction

Lucas Verbij, a fourth-generation millwright from Holland, has been involved in a number of windmill projects here and around the world. He repaired the tail pole of the Prairie Mills Windmill; restored the Fabyan Windmill; surveyed the Peotone Windmill; rebuilt the cap of the Murphy Windmill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA; and is constructing the Little Chute Windmill to be shipped to Wisconsin.

Derek Ogden

Derek Ogden is based out of Virginia, and designed the restored windmill at Flowerdew Hundred plantation. Locally, he restored the Prairie Mills Windmill, and is involved in a number of windmill projects worldwide.

Molema Millbuilders

Dutch-based company that was commissioned to build de Immigrant for Fulton, Illinois. The family-owned company also restores/rebuilds windmills in Europe.

B. E. Hassett Millwrights

Repair, maintenance, restoration and reconstruction resource for custom windmills, wind engines, and water mills.