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Old 07-13-2010, 06:46 PM
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Windmills on Mount Wachusett - PIX

The windmills on Wachusett in Princeton, Mass are 1.5 mega-watt with 135 ft. blades

From Thompson Rd south of Wachusett




Closer from the south-west on Westminster Rd - surreal and bizarre but awesome

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There are SEVERAL of these along I-65 in Indiana as well (pictures from Google but we drive by them all the time):



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I thought I was having an LSD flashback when I saw them through the trees.
I knew there were some on Wachusett but I wasn't expecting them.

That's awesome that you get to drive by them all the time.
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Calif has acres of them..looks like some alien moonscape
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there are a few more then several on i-65 now. I stopped and took some photos of them last year. But there are at least several hundred of them now. Every time I drive up I see where they are adding at least 10 more
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I think it's a pretty cool idea actually. I don't know about slapping it in the middle of the wilderness like in the original post here but along the expressway in the farms and fields is a great idea to reduce some dependency on regular energy.
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There's one in New Haven, CT. Yes, just one lonely one... The location leaves you scratching your head though. I'll see if I can snap a pic and post it here.

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Originally Posted by asanti
There's one in New Haven, CT. Yes, just one lonely one... The location leaves you scratching your head though. I'll see if I can snap a pic and post it here.

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Allex - you ever get that picture?
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You know, I completely forgot! I'll grab a pic by this weekend and post it.
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You know, I completely forgot! I'll grab a pic by this weekend and post it.
After Eyesight the memory is the first to go, I think or maybe I forgot already ??
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