I came across an old Wind Turbine print at a yard sale. Just was reading the history off the internet but none had as good a picture. It was only up for a few years but was a success. Many years later till it was tried again.
After nearly two months of testing the 1,250-kW turbine atop the 110-foot tower, full operation generating electricity to the power grid commenced October 19, 1941. According to the Rutland Herald, "Over the next 18 months, the experimental wind turbine operated more than 1,000 hours. Engineers corrected various flaws in the system and made minor repairs of cracks in the blades. The blades churned out electricity in winds of 70 miles per hour and withstood gales of 115 mph. The eventual goal was to make the turbine a totally automatic operation requiring no on-site staff. In February 1943, wind generation ground to a halt as a main bearing failed. Since the country remained in the midst of war, a replacement part took more than two years to manufacture and install." The turbine restarted on March 3, 1945 and operated normally until March 26, when the turbine suffered a massive failure. One of the 75-foot blades suddenly snapped off and hurled 700 feet down the mountain, while the remaining blade (now off-balance) damaged the turbine tower. The failure was blamed on the lengthening of a concealed old crack at the root of the turbine blade. The experiment, still largely considered a success, ended with the turbine being razed in the summer of 1946.
