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.
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.
Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees Letter Reveals Emphasis on Swept Area
By
Paul Gipe
Wally Thompson forwarded to me some fascinating correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees of Pinson Cycloturbine fame.
