The idea was to have the rotor resemble as much as possible the Chicago type
wind pump, and to preserve the aesthetics of the Maltese countryside.
An agency called Aidlink built a
wind pump and the area has electricity for a couple of hours in the evening.
In the next field, with the
wind pump on your left, head to the far right corner and climb a stile.
Do not go through, but turn left down Bunkers Hill aiming about 100 yards left of the old
wind pump and a lake when it comes into view.
Pass an old
wind pump on your left where the church at Bidford comes into view.
Wind-powered pumps drained the polders of the Netherlands, and in arid regions such as the American mid-west or the Australian outback,
wind pumps provided water for livestock and steam engines.
Displacing the use of diesel for irrigation by grid electricity and mechanical
wind pumpsWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electrical power, windmills for mechanical power,
wind pumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.