USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A windpump is a type of windmill which is used for pumping water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Windmills were often among a homesteader’s most prized possessions. The water pumped by windmills was used to cook, bathe, drink, water crops and animals, wash clothes, and more. These mills were simple, well-constructed, and dependable. Railroads were another important customer.

Detailed explanation-3: -That up-and-down motion drives a long sucker rod, also known as a pump rod, up and down inside of a pipe in the well. Attached to the end of the pipe is a cylinder with a sealed plunger going up and down inside that forces the water up the pipe. Each upstroke pulls water into the cylinder.

Detailed explanation-4: -The windmill’s wheel (fan) has 15 to 40 galvanized steel blades which spin around on a shaft. The shaft drives a geared mechanism that converts rotary motion to an up-and-down motion like a piston in a car engine. That motion drives a long pump rod (aka sucker rod) going up and down inside of a pipe in the well.