Disused wind turbine
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Disused wind turbine by ANDY FISH as part of the Geograph project.
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Disused wind turbine
Image: © ANDY FISH Taken: 17 Apr 2006
This is an early turbine, the two small fan tail rotors keep the turbine turned into the wind. The adjustable tips at the end of the main turbine blade rotate as the turbine speeds up and act as a governor.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.13504
Longitude
-5.196066