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Lincoln, Nebraska photographer Jason Ortiz photographed the factory in 2010. In these photos, you might spot updated equipment such as florescent lighting, 20th Century heating and a refrigerator for workers’ lunches. Otherwise, the factory remained as it was in the 1940s.

The Eli brand windmill was simple in design, but it was the longest lasting of any made in the day.

Don Shipley, 20 year employee of Kregel Windmill Factory
museum facade

Step inside the modest, one-story structure on Central Avenue in Nebraska City and you will enter a world that few have experienced; the manufacture of windmills as tools of modern technology circa 1902

factory wheel and pulleys

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Fall 2018 Blog Post: Kregel Windmill Factory Museum
September 20 | 2018
Contact us today to sign up for the next edition of the Kregel Museum Blog Post. For more information please send an email to info@kregelmuseum.orgRead more
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A Closer Look: Chautauqua Special Exhibit
June 30 | 2017
Although our A Closer Look segments usually tend to cover often overlooked artifacts in the museum a give some history of a particular tool or...Read more
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2017 International Windmiller's Trade Fair: Day Four
June 18 | 2017
Our fourth and final day in Kendallville began bright and early with an event outside on the grounds of the Mid America Windmill Museum. Attendees...Read more

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Kregel Windmill Factory Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum operating with tax-deductible donations from generous individuals, foundations, grants and corporate sponsors. Kregel Windmill Factory Museum is not government owned or operated. EIN: 20-8943847

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Kregel Windmill Factory Museum
1416 Central Avenue, PO Box 46
Nebraska City, NE 68410
402.873.1078
info@kregelmuseum.org


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