Windmills split town and families

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For decades dairy farmers, Irish and German and Polish immigrants, and lately the Amish, have wrested a living from the Tug

Overnight, it seemed, caravans of trucks trundled onto the plateau, laden with giant white towers. Concrete foundations were poured. Roads were built and for a couple of years the village was ablaze with activity.

Today, 195 turbines soar above Tug Hill, 400 feet high, their 130-foot long blades spinning at 14 revolutions per minute.

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