What does this wind turbine do?
In the movie, Legends of the Fall, Colonel William Ludlow leaves the US army and starts living as a rancher in Montata. We can see a wind turbine in the background, what does it do given the story starts around 1910s?
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Wind has been used for hundreds of years for pumping water, grinding grain or providing power to drive a sawmill for cutting wood.
Even by 1910 it was definitely possible that this was an electricity generator (source) too. Electric lighting was available from the 1870s.
Given the size of the blades here, it doesn't seem like this would provide enough power for grinding grain or a sawmill, but it seems reasonable to me that it might either pump water or generate electricity. It might pump water from a stream or well for animals or the farmhouse.
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