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 | | I asked her if they had any old tools such as hammers, saws, wrenches, etc. She said she thought were were some over in the old general store She and her son had been over there nailing down some sheet iron that was about to blow off when I first saw them coming across. |
 | | Of course, a complete windmill would include the tower, the wheel, the engine (or gear box), the tail (or vane), and the pipe and sucker rods coming out of the ground. |
 | | In northern Kansas one time we were inquiring about old windmills from a middle aged gentleman and he said he knew where there was a wooden windmill. |
| www.vintagewindmills.com /Magazine/Issue3/HomerCBeck/Article.htm (6578 words) |
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