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Installation of Wind Turbine in Marykirk
- When
- July 1887
- Where
- Marykirk, Scotland
James Blyth installed a wind turbine in July 1887 to charge accumulators for lighting his holiday home in Marykirk.
Blyth built a cloth-sailed wind turbine in the garden of his holiday cottage in Marykirk. The electricity generated was used to charge accumulators, which powered the lights in his cottage, making it the first house in the world powered by wind-generated electricity.
Sources
- James Blyth (engineer) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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