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COME WIND, COME WEATHER

Historical Village windmill restored with the help from some friends

Barton County Historical Society volunteers, with help from P&S Electric of Great Bend, carefully moved the recently rehabbed Waupin windmill back into place Thursday morning, a little over a year after it was severely damaged in a wind storm. Members of the historical society’s Building and Grounds committee took on the project, completely disassembling, cleaning, rebuilding and refinishing all moving parts and finally reassembling it over the past six months.

7 Raising the windmill vertical.jpg — Barton County Historical Society volunteers, with help from P&S Electric of Great Bend, carefully moved the recently rehabbed Waupin windmill back into place Thursday morning, a little over a year after it was severely damaged in a wind storm. Members of the historical society’s Building and Grounds committee took on the project, completely disassembling, cleaning, rebuilding and refinishing all moving parts and finally reassembling it over the past six months.

Published: Aug 20, 2020, 11:19 PM

A straight-line wind event on July 31, 2019, left the antique windmill at the Barton County Historical Society Village and Museum severely damaged. Steel arms were mangled, and slats on each of the panels were broken off. Already showing signs of weathering and wear and tear before the storm, the wrecked windmill stood battered and beaten.

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