Blades in the sky
Subtitle: windmilling through the eyes of B.H. "Tex" Burdick
By: by T. Lindsay Baker.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Burdick & Burdick Company of El Paso -- History.; Pumping machinery industry -- United States -- History.; Wind pumps -- Southwestern States -- History.; Windmills -- Southwestern States -- History.
Description: All travelers are familiar with the silhouette profile of a slowly turning windmill in a rural landscape at sunset. How many have ever considered the complexities and difficulties of installing the windmill? How many have understood the windmill as a symbol of the nation's underground? Blades in the Sky provides a fascinating insight into one aspect of the process of the development of water resources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).