To pump water into the large reservoirs from which water is distributed all over the pleasure grounds of Golden Park, San Francisco, \fhe largest windmill in the world is employed. It has a main tower 20Bft high and made of concrete. Each sail is IPOft long, and there is an auto mafic device for setting the sails parpen di'uilar jo the wind direct ion. The maxi mum hors- u. v. e;- developed bv thus wind mdl in a fairly strong breeze jg sag] fo be about 100.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19897, 17 September 1926, Page 10
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