Stover Windmill

Location

Smeck Park
7395 Basil Rd
Baltimore, OH  43105
Liberty Township | MAP

Hours

Open Year-Round, Dawn to Dusk

Stover Windmill

Its History

The windmill is just short of 60′ high.  It has a 750-gallon water tank resting on a platform that is 30′ above ground.  It was built in the late 1800s by Stover Windmill Company of Freeport, Illinois, and was installed on the Roger Wolfe farm on Canal Road.  Most of it is original but a new fan and motor had to be built.  The fan is 10′ in diameter.  Water-pumping windmills can draw up water from hundreds of feet below the surface for storage in the elevated tank.  The average windmill powered by a 15-20 MPH breeze can pump about three gallons per minute.  The move and restoration was completed in 2016.

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Directions

Directions from Lancaster: From the corner of N Memorial Dr (US-33) and W Main St (US-22), drive north toward Columbus on N Memorial Drive 0.4 miles. Turn right onto 6th Av; drive 0.1 miles. Turn left onto N Columbus St; drive 0.8 miles. N Columbus St turns slightly right and becomes Baltimore Rd NW (OH-158); continue for 7.0 miles. Turn left onto Leonard Rd NW; drive 0.5 miles. Turn right onto Basil Rd NW; drive 0.4 miles. The entrance is on the left.

Directions from Pickerington: From the corner of OH-256 and W Columbus St, drive east toward Baltimore on OH-256; drive approximately 8.3 miles. Turn right onto S Basil St (S Basil St becomes Basil Rd); drive 0.8 miles. The entrance is on the right.