Articles on the Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine
This is an archive of articles on the 1 MW Smith-Putnam wind turbine installed on Grandpa’s Knob near Rutland, Vermont in the early 1940s.
Final Report Model Tests Smith-Putnam Air Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
57-page final report on Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim …
Carl Wilcox’s Role in the Smith-Putnam Project
By
Paul Gipe
To illustrate the role that Carl Wilcox played in the Smith-Putnam project, I’ve pulled together several citations as well as …
Carl Wilcox References in the Text of Putnam’s Power from the Wind
By
Paul Gipe
To further illustrate the role of Carl Wilcox in the Smith-Putnam project, I searched the name index and pulled together …
Carl Wilcox Citations in Palmer Putnam’s Power from the Wind
By
Paul Gipe
In the 1970s Carl Wilcox gave me a box of archive materials on the Smith-Putnam wind turbine project. I had …
Smith-Putnam Stressed Skin Blades and Bridge Construction Spar
By
Paul Gipe
Included in the correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees is a letter from Richard Heckscher who was involved in blade development on the Smith-Putnam project. (See Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees Letter Reveals Emphasis on Swept Area.) Hecksher had alerted Putnam to the work of Herman Drees in developing Drees’ Cycloturbine.
Palmer Putnam – Herman M. Drees Correspondence 1979
By
Paul Gipe
18-page scan of documents in the archives of Wally Thompson of correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees in 1979.
