Daniel Halladay

Halladay Windmill on display at the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas

Daniel Halladay (born 1826 in Vermont) was an American engineer, inventor and businessman, best known for his innovative 1854 self-regulating farm wind pump at Ellington, Connecticut.[1][2][3][4] Versions of this windmill became an iconic part of the rural landscape in the United States, Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ "IRON MAN WINDMILL". ironmanwindmill.com.
  2. ↑ "A Field Guide to American Windmills". google.nl.
  3. ↑ "Water pumping windmills by Dorothy Ainsworth". backwoodshome.com.
  4. ↑ "Water Well Development, SARRATT/SARRETT/SURRATT Families of America". ancestry.com.
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