Golden Gate Park's Windmills Were Essential, Then Abandoned for Decades.

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Murphy Windmill is one of the largest windmills outside of Holland. It, along with the smaller and older Dutch Windmill, once provided essential water for irrigating the park. Though they are no longer used, the park still spins them on special occasions. We take a tour inside! Additional Reading: Golden Gate Park's Windmills Were Essential, Then Abandoned for Decades Buy Tickets for our Japanese Tea Garden Walking Tour Take a DIY walking tour of Golden Gate Park with our guide Reported by Suzie Racho. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Thanks also to Sarah Rose Leonard, Lance Gardner, Kyana Moghadam, Amanda Font and Rebecca Kao for their help on this series.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	Hello, hello, Olivia here, coming to you from our six-part series on Golden Gate Park.
0:10.0	If you're just joining us, be sure to check out the other episodes in our feed.
0:15.0	If you've ever visited San Francisco's Ocean Beach,
0:18.0	you may have noticed two towering windmills at the western end of Golden Gate Park. At one corner there's the Dutch or North
0:26.0	Windmill with its pretty Tulip Garden, and just a few blocks south there's the larger
0:31.1	Murphy Windmill. They caught the attention of a Bay curious
0:34.9	listener last year. I'm Kai Wadera I live in Larksburg California and I'm 12
0:40.0	years old. One day Kai was biking with his dad near Ocean Beach. It was a hot day and
0:46.1	we noticed the windmills. We were kind of just like wondering if they did any purpose or did anything.
0:54.0	And whatever can you do when you're curious about something in the Bay Area?
0:58.0	Well, ask us, of course, and Kai did.
1:02.0	My question is, why were the windmills in Golden Cape Park built and were they just
1:06.8	decoration or did they serve any purpose? This is Bay Curious, the podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.
1:15.0	Today we're answering Kai's questions about the pair of Dutch windmills that sit at the park's
1:19.9	western edge. Turns out they were key to making the park what it is. Plus we're
1:25.0	going to take a tour inside. I'm Olivia Allen Price.
1:30.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family owned, operated and argued over.
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1:52.0	We sent Bay Curious producerce producer and a long-time
1:55.0	Golden Gate Park neighbor Susie Racho to get the backstory on the windmills.
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