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Our future Windsmiths
We have many visitors at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm. Photo courtesy of www.newzjunky.com
Grazing under the wind.
Long view from atop a turbine.
Maple Ridge from afar.
The wind and Old Glory.
Construction began May 2005 and is scheduled to complete in December 2006. More photos are available at www.tughill.org.
May 2005: The concrete batch plant off of Rector Road was constructed to provide the 350 yards of concrete needed for each turbine. A local concrete company was used for Phase II.
Construction off the access roads off of Snyder and Borkowski Roads.
350 yards of concrete was needed for each turbine.
August 2005: First turbine up
Lowering blade to a hub for assembly. Blades are 130 feet long and weigh 7,500 lbs
More blade maneuvering. The blades were made in England and Pennsylvania.
Assembling a rotor.
Raising a rotor
Multiple turbines
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