Summary: | wind Windmills, of the kind used to pump water from underground wells on prairie farms, were used in Lady Cove until the middle 1950's; the last one was dismantled at this time. In Lady Cove they were called "windchargers." They were used to charge radio batters or to generate electricity for a private home. Very few used them for electricity, no one used them to pump water. DNE-cit JH 7/70 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used wind-bag, windbag, wind-charger, windchargers, windcharger, wind gall,wind galls, wind hound, SUN HOUND, wind-jack, windjack,wind light, WEATHER LIGHT, wind lop, lop, tumble Stamped DNE-cit but source not listed in dictionary.
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