The Dutch Windmill San Francisco Golden Gate Park San Francisco California DSC6361 is a photograph by Wingsdomain Art and Photography which was uploaded on June 4th, 2018.
The Dutch Windmill San Francisco Golden Gate Park San Francisco California DSC6361
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The Dutch Windmill San Francisco Golden Gate Park San Francisco California DSC6361
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Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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The Dutch Windmill San Francisco Golden Gate Park San Francisco California DSC6361
The Dutch Windmill is the northern of two functioning windmills, the other being Murphy Windmill, on the western edge of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. It was completed in 1903, and placed on the San Francisco Designated Landmark list on December 6, 1981. In the 1870s and 1880s, Golden Gate Park was planted on sand dunes and required substantial irrigation. In 1902, the Park Commission authorized the construction of two windmills to pump groundwater for park irrigation rather than purchasing water at exorbitant costs from the Spring Valley Water Company. The Murphy Mill was completed in 1908, and pumped 40,000 gallons per hour to the park. Electric water pumps replaced the need for windmills in 1913, and the mill fell into disrepair. By the 1950s, the mill was in a state of ruin. In 1964, the San Francisco Citizens Commission for the Restoration of the Golden Gate Park Windmills was formed and led by Eleanor Rossi Crabtree, daughter of former San Francisco mayor Angelo Rossi. Plans for the Murphy Mill restoration began in 2002, with a reopening in 2012. -wikipedia
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