Craft workers cut and repaired canvas sails for mechanical windmills. Enclosed, aerodynamic blades and industrial turbine manufacture replaced their local, seasonal trade.
Windmill sailmaker no longer exists as a living trade. Here is what erased it, and which profession took on the work.
What else was happening then
1882
Hydropower lights Appleton
The Vulcan Street Plant demonstrates local hydroelectric generation in Wisconsin.
Where that work lives now
Designs, builds and improves wind, solar, storage and grid systems that turn renewable resources into dependable electricity.
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