The company made Iron Turbine Wind Engines, Buckeye Force Pumps, plows, and lawn mowers.
The original windmill “buckets” from one of the iron turbines manufactured by Mast-Foos are on display at the Heritage Center, next to a life-sized reproduction that reaches to the second floor.
These water-pumping windmills played a vital role in allowing for farmers to expand out West and settle in areas that didn’t have traditional water access.
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