Daniel Halladay

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniel Halladay | image = Daniel Halladay.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1826|11|24}} | birth_place = Marlboro, Vermont | death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|03|01|1826|11|24}} | death_place = Santa Ana, California | resting_place = | occupation = Engineer, inventor, businessman | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = | education = | party = }}

[[Image:Halladay windmill, Lubbock, TX IMG_1653.JPG|right|thumb|Halladay Windmill on display at the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas]] thumb|Halladay Windmill in Niederwartha, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Windmill in conjunction with water tank|thumb

'''Daniel Halladay''' (November 24, 1826 in Marlboro, Vermont – March 1, 1916 in Santa Ana, California)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7M9C1Adp0yQC&pg=PA5|title=A Field Guide to American Windmills|first=T. Lindsay|last=Baker|date=1 January 1985|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806119014|via=Google Books}}</ref> was an American engineer, inventor and businessman, best known for his innovative self-regulating windmill, invented in Ellington, Connecticut in 1853.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ironmanwindmill.com/windmill-history.htm|title=Iron Man Windmill|work=ironmanwindmill.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7M9C1Adp0yQC&pg=PA7|title=A Field Guide to American Windmills|via=google.nl|isbn=9780806119014|last1=Lindsay Baker|first1=T.|date=January 1985|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ainsworth90.html|title=Water pumping windmills by Dorothy Ainsworth|work=backwoodshome.com|date=December 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~prsjr/occupations/water-wells.htm|title=Water Well Development, SARRATT/SARRETT/SURRATT Families of America|work=ancestry.com}}</ref>

Because steam trains required frequent resupplies of clean water, Halliday's windmill and subsequent self-regulating designs became an essential part of early railroad infrastructure, particularly in the Great Plains.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Webb |first=Walter Prescott |title=The Great Plains |year=1931}}</ref>

Versions of this windmill became an iconic part of the rural landscape in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/windmills-water-pumping-museum-indiana|title = The Iconic Windmills That Made the American West|date = January 15, 2018}}</ref> Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.

The historic Windmill at Ruprechtov based on Halladay's invention can be found in Ruprechtov in the Vyškov District of the Czech Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlynruprechtov.cz/en|title = Windmill history}}</ref>

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