We don't really need weather vanes the way our forebears did in the days before round-the-clock weather forecasts. Yet, while meteorology may be more reliable now, technology can't replace the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times.

A weather vane will show you the direction the wind is moving. It's a great addition to your DIY weather station. On your cardboard or plate (if using a plate, flip it upside down) write North ...

The 2-inch-thick, 7-foot-long replacement is made of Marine plywood. The original was made from old growth pine. "The weather vane was made by a local builder, L.M. Martin and Son," explained ...

PLYMOUTH – The odyssey of the golden eagle weather vane reads a little like a metaphor, and maybe it’s time to can the cliché “the eagle has landed.” (With apologies to Apollo 11!) ...

There’s something new atop St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church near the Indiana State University campus in Terre Haute. After more than 130 years, a tall, iron weather vane that topped the ...

GILBERTSVILLE, N.Y. - Uncas, a large copper weather vane of an Indian, has long been the pride of this village about 45 minutes from Cooperstown. But its sale to a wealthy New Jersey art collector ...

Q–I really want to put a cupola (a dome-like structure) equipped with a functional weather vane on my garage roof. It seems like a straightforward job, but I wonder how to cut the bottom of t… ...

Weather vanes that for 100 years or more have shown New England farmers which way the wind blows are no match for roving thieves who scale barns with mountain climbing gear. Even winter fails to st… ...

The eagle weathervane that previously sat atop the 1938 high school building has a new home. On Monday, Nov. 14, employees from Nor’East Architectural Antiques, a restoration company based in ...

The most famous American weather vane is the Grasshopper that topped Faneuil Hall in Boston in 1742. Early weather vanes of the 1800s often had a cow, horse or eagle. But as more manufacturers ...

FAIRHAVEN -- The Oxford Elementary School is finally complete once again. Its historic weather vane was placed back onto the cupola Thursday after being gone for nearly a year. The weather vane, wh… ...