How William Heronemus and a UMass Team Built an Early Wind Turbine from Scrap Parts
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Peter Fairley
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A half-century ago, Captain William Heronemus, a nuclear submarine veteran, led a team at UMass Amherst to build an early wind turbine from salvaged parts including a Ford truck axle, a donated generator, and a steam pipe. This scrappy, frugal project on Orchard Hill represents a pioneering moment in wind energy history, showcasing how resourcefulness and determination helped kickstart the renewable energy movement.
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· 3 pulledA half century ago, a scrappy crew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst erected a wind turbine on Orchard Hill, the highest point on campus.
It was a frugal production, cobbled together from the rear axle of a Ford truck, a donated generator and microcontroller, a steam pipe, and various handcrafted steel and fiberglass parts.
A nuclear submarine veteran turned a truck axle into a turbine
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