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| Wind Power at Devil's Gulch Ranch is a Reality!Fall of 2005 some of the students from Big Rock Sudbury School came up to see the start of the new 36 KW wind turbine. More then one truck load of concrete per 20 foot deep hole. |
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The kids in Devil's Gulch Ranch Summer Camp put the tower together like a gigantic Erector Set.
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The camp kids did a great job painting the prop. |
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| After a good torque of the bolts a large crane lifted it into place. |  |
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| Our camp director and a consultant climbed the 80' tower and bolted the 10000 pound unit onto the tower. |  |
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| The 2 ton of prop was lifted into place |  |
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| and bolted into place. |  |
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| Our friend Simon helped us with some minor repairs of the prop along with countless other tasks. |  |
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| This is the first large wind turbine to be erected in Marin County. When the wind is blowing it produces about 35 KW of power to supplement the power used by the ranch. |  |
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