This windmill, seen here in this photo from the York County Heritage Trust, operated in the 1870s in the Jefferson Avenue area, north of the Codorus Creek in York. Background posts: Dempwolf architects built York's skyline, history and What was famed architect John Dempwolf's own house like? and Fairmount fit for Roger, Anita and Pongo, Perdita.
A recent York Town Square post Vermont windmill: 'That turbine was built at the S. Morgan Smith company, right here in York' linked windpower with York County.
But an early attempt in York County to harness the wind came with construction of a windmill of the type normally associated with Holland.
That structure went up near present-day Jefferson Avenue between Beaver and North George streets... .
Continue reading Dempwolf windmill graced north bank of York's Codorus Creek in 1870s.
