ILLINOIS WINDMILLS
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Lake Zurich Windmill
Lake Zurich, IL
Status
Destroyed by owner, 1858.
History of the Mill
Only known history: “Lake Zurich also had a ‘Windmill Hill’ near their water tower on Old Rand Road where a large windmill was built in the 1850's for grinding grain. It was torn down in 1858 after the miller died.”