This article talks about the benefits of windbreaks provided by trees that lead to energy conservation, beautification of properties and for protecting building sites from snow,. Windbreaks give needed protection from the northwest winds in the…
The Johnson-Lieferman photo collection was donated to the Clinton Public Library in 2011. All rights belong to the Clinton Public Library. This collection is stored at the Lyons Branch Library.
This is an image of a windmill/windpump in the middle of a corn field in Oskaloosa, Iowa, circa 1930. The windpump was designed by Daniel Halladay in 1854 in order to transfer water from farm wells to cattle. At its high point, 600,000 windpumps…