The Heritage Center: Windmill ‘buckets’ played vital role

The original windmill ‘buckets’€ from one of the iron turbines manufactured by Mast-Foos are on display at the Heritage Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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The original windmill ‘buckets’€ from one of the iron turbines manufactured by Mast-Foos are on display at the Heritage Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Updated June 15, 2018
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Phineas P. Mast founded the Mast-Foos Manufacturing Company in 1876, one of multiple business and industry ventures for the entrepreneur.

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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.

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