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Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

The Windmill

 
 
The Windmill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 28, 2011
1. The Windmill Marker
Inscription. Water was pumped for the house by wind power. The windmill structure also offered a challenge to small gymnasts in the family who loved to clamber about it.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Man-Made Features.
 
Location. 40° 53.134′ N, 73° 30.025′ W. Marker is in Oyster Bay, New York, in Nassau County. Marker can be reached from Sagamore Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, east of the Roosevelt Home. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oyster Bay NY 11771, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Thoroughly Modern House (here, next to this marker); The Ice House (within shouting distance of this marker); On the Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Sagamore Hill in the Presidential Years (within shouting distance of this marker); Copper Beech (within shouting distance of this marker); Up to the Roosevelts (within shouting distance of this marker); A Gentleman’s Farm, 1918 (within shouting distance of this marker); Mounting Platform (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oyster Bay.
 
More about this marker. Two photographs at the bottom depict Theodore
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Roosevelt’s sons Archie and Quentin on the Windmill.
 
Also see . . .  Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. National Park Service website. (Submitted on May 31, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.) 
 
Marker at Sagamore Hill image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 28, 2011
2. Marker at Sagamore Hill
Teddy Roosevelt'sWindmill image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 28, 2011
3. Teddy Roosevelt'sWindmill
The windmill and marker are located on the east side of Theodore Roosevelt's home at Sagamore Hill.
The Windmill image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 28, 2011
4. The Windmill
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 392 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.

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