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is one such fjord which, so treated, would furnish a power station 

 comparable with any in Europe, but for the sake of our dwindling 

 scenes of peaceful beauty we may hope that it will escape the notice 

 of the large-power enthusiasts; for all England is not yet an in- 

 dustrial area, and we need something which, without involving the 

 extension of the industrial areas, will render our handiwork more 

 productive in the village and the countryside which yet remains 

 unspoilt. 



Let us imagine one form which a wind-power station might 

 take. A steel shaft with four semicylindrical boxes at right angles, 

 the shaft revolving in a cup which is itself secured by four chains 

 extending to the ground, would constitute the motor, and it would be 

 entirely unconnected with the main building except by the belting 

 from the flywheel below to the shafting in the machinery annex. 

 The millhouse would consist of the central hall through which the 

 shaft rises and in which the flywheel revolves. The four annexes 

 would diverge from this central hall. One would contain dynamo 

 and gear, accumulator cells, and other electrical equipment; a second 

 would contain circular saw, planing machine, and other woodwork- 

 ing appliances ; a third would be devoted to chaff cutters, grindstone, 

 root-pulpers, and other agricultural machinery ; and the fourth would 

 be reserved for looms, heavy sewing machines, or any other ma- 

 chinery likely to be in special demand in the district. When there 

 was a working wind, power could be communicated direct to the 

 shafting in one or other of the machine rooms ; and when the 

 machines were not in actual use it could be communicated through 

 the dynamo to the accumulator cells, or else could be utilized to pump 

 water into an elevated reservoir. If both reservoir and batteries 

 were fully charged the belting could be withdrawn and the shaft left 

 to revolve by itself. 



The ground space occupied by such an installation need not ex- 

 ceed 2 acres; the building would require little strength or solidity, 

 and might be constructed of the partition blocks with which neces- 

 sity has recently made us familiar; the whole installation, of dimen- 

 sions capable of giving 10 horsepower with a 15 mile breeze, could be 

 erected for a few hundred pounds. If such a powerhouse were 

 built in a suitable locality, it would not take many months to out- 

 live the first period of ridicule and neglect, and within two years many 

 parish and district councils would desire to become possessed of their 

 own stations, from which they could supply electric light and power 

 in their own neighborhood, and in which they could let the use of 

 specific machinery at so much per unit or per hour. 



There is even a possibility of the employment of windpowpi- on a 

 larger scale. In Denmark, where small wind installations have been 



