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Batavia Windmill shaping up
Those of you who ride the Fox River Trail might be interested to know
that the Kane County Park District has put the top and the blades back on the Fabyan Windmill. Although it's NOT yet open to the public, you may gawk appreciatively from the surrounding park. It's on Rt. 25, just north of Fabyan Parkway. here's a picture http://home.earthlink.net/~betatron/id9.html enjoy! ..max -- the part of was played by maxwell monningh 8-p |
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Batavia Windmill shaping up
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:00:09 GMT, Max wrote:
Those of you who ride the Fox River Trail might be interested to know that the Kane County Park District has put the top and the blades back on the Fabyan Windmill. Although it's NOT yet open to the public, you may gawk appreciatively from the surrounding park. It's on Rt. 25, just north of Fabyan Parkway. here's a picture http://home.earthlink.net/~betatron/id9.html We were actually riding by the day the riggers were removing the old top and replacing it with the temporary wood and fibreglass cap several years ago. We walked our bikes up the hill to get a better look and chatted a bit with the crew. We asked how long it would be before the reconstruction was complete. I wish I could recall exactly what they said but I'm pretty certain it was nowhere near May 2004. :-( Even though the project has taken so long to complete it's nice to see it looking like a windmill again. A recent article in a local paper said the internals have also been rebuilt, including a new wooden main shaft inported from the Netherlands. Hope this means we'll actually get to see it in action sometime soon. jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3 |
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