Challenge Co.

Here is a photo of the building that once housed the Challenge Company of Batavia, IL. "This firm was one of the largest and most prosperous American windmill manufacturers in the second half of the 19th and the first part of the 20th Centuries. At one time it boasted production 107 different sizes and types of mills and having 'the largest Wind Mill manufactory in the world, run by water power.'" The Challenge Company was green during the time that carbon emissions were being invented. Although most known for its windmills, the Challenge Company also manufactured gasoline engines, farming equipment, and other industrial machines.

This site has more interesting information about the Challenge Company of Batavia, IL: http://www.spearman.org/Challengehistory2.html