A WINDMILL 600 FEET WIDE
A gigantic windmill, with air-vanes 300 ft long, which will generate electricity at 2 per cent, of the present cost, is now under construction near Leipzig, Germany. A massive steel tower 2000 ft nigh will support the revolving wheel of 600 ft diameter, which carries the airvanes. The average velocity of the wind in the vicinity of Leipzig is estimated to revolve the windmill at a speed of 250 revolutions per minute, and at this speed each gigantic r.irblade will develop 1700 horse-power. The windmill tower will also be used as a radio-broadcasting and receiving station, and an interesting novelty is contemplated in the form of a restaurant built half-way up the steel tower, 1000 ft from the ground. The cost of construction is placed at £60.000, and there will be, it is stated, practically no running expenses. Another giant windmill is to be erected near Berlin if the experiment is suecessful.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 3
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157A WINDMILL 600 FEET WIDE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 3
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