windpump
Prairie water lifter
A windpump is a windmill designed to pump water rather than grind grain.
The familiar multi-bladed wheel atop a tall frame, common on farms and ranches, draws groundwater for livestock or irrigation.
Windpumps were essential to settlement of arid regions before rural electrification: The old windpump still creaks in the wind, though the well ran dry decades ago.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- vaneWind direction indicator
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- gearboxEnclosed system of cogs
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
crankshaft · bearings · turbine · tower · cylinder · piston · governor · yaw
Dug water source
- boreholeDrilled underground passage
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
tank · trough · irrigation · watering · livestock · cattle · drinking water · draw
Farm with residence
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
countryside · remote · off-grid · agriculture · grazing · pastureland · prairie · plains
Early explorer or settler
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
Victorian · Southern Cross · Chicago · patent · blacksmith · historic · preservation · nostalgia
Able to endure long-term
- greenColor of vegetation
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- low-techNot electronically complex
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
axle · crankshaft · bearings · turbine · tower · cylinder · piston · governor · yaw · fantail
well
Dug water source
- boreholeDrilled underground passage
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
reservoir · tank · trough · irrigation · watering · livestock · cattle · drinking water · draw · lift
farmstead
Farm with residence
homestead · countryside · remote · off-grid · agriculture · grazing · pastureland · prairie · plains · Australian
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- restorationReturning something to condition
landmark · Victorian · Southern Cross · Chicago · patent · blacksmith · historic · preservation · nostalgia · iconic
sustainable
Able to endure long-term
- greenColor of vegetation
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- wind-poweredsailboat, kite, sail, sailing ship, pinwheel
- windmillsblades, rotor, tower mill, sails, millstone
- water pumpsArchimedes screw, shaduf, shadoof, hydraulic ram
- Backveldveld, kopje, kraal, dorp, drift
windpumphand pump
Lever-operated fluid mover
manual pump · bucket · well bucket · shaduf
wind, winds, winded, winding, windy, windier, windiest, windiness, windward