Dempster MILL WINDMILL Weight MILLWEIGHT longtail HORSE

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Dempster WINDMILL Weight HORSE long tail MILLWEIGHT FOLK ART beatrice NEBRASKA cast iron PRIMITIVE morgan AMERICANA gorgeous FOLK ART millweight LONG TAILEDHORSE (Primitive - Saddlebred? Morgan? Ethan Allen? Hambletonian?; hard to get lighting right; will gladly supply additional pictures from specific angles upon request) windmill weight Weighs 13 Pounds (1" wide "DEMPSTER" inside diamond shape mark appears on both rear flanks) From Dempster Vaneless Windmill Model #1 or #2;Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company, Beatrice, Nebraska Additional information & excerpts from: /Dempsterhistory.html "The Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company was established in 1878 by C.B. Dempster, a native of Carpentersville, Illinois. He was born t in 1835. He was reared on a farm near the town, and when all his older brothers entered military service on the side of the Union in the Civil War, he became responsible for much of the work that was done on the family farm In the autumn of 1871, Dempster left his home and lived intermittently in Elgin and Chicago, Illinois, w he worked at such jobs as selling sewing machines, running a horse car, traveling on the road as a salesman for paper shirt patterns, and clerking in a dry goods store. Feeling that t were better opportunities for a young man in the West, in 1878 he moved to Beatrice, Nebraska. ""Two days after he came to Beatrice, C.B. Dempster purchased 1/3 interest in a "little retail pump and windmill shop for $337.00, being my total assets, and $300.00 of that was borrowed money." With a variety of business partners, Dempster operated the windmill agency at Beatrice, selling mills produced elsew which he purchased from a wholesaler in Omaha. The business ebbed and flowed, but by 1884 Dempster had earned the tidy sum of $15,000.00 in profits from his enterprise. Realizing that revenues would be greater if he could actually produce the windmills that he sold, the next year under the name of the Dempster Windmill Company, his firm began manufacturing its first windmill. In 1886 the business was incorporated under laws of the state as the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company, the corporate title under which it produced windmills into the middle of the 20th Century, when it became Dempster Industries, Inc., of Beatrice, which continues making windmills today.""The most frequently seen Dempster vaneless windmills are number 1,2,3 4, and 14. These mills, all produced by the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company during the 20th Century, were the successors to the 10', 12', and 14' original Dempster Vaneless manufactured from 1892 to 1900, and the 14' and 16' Dempster Vaneless Irrigator marketed from 1895 to 1917.""Dempster Vaneless Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 succeeded each other as vaneless pumping mills produced by the Beatrice, Nebraska company. The four mills have both similarities and differences, but they are easily identified in the field. All four mills are distinctive horse shaped counterweights, Nos. 1 and 2 with long tailed horses, and Nos. 3 and 4 with short tailed horses.""All styles of Dempster Vaneless mills may be seen in the field, especially on the Great Plains and in the Midwest. From the five mills, the Dempster No. 2 is probably the most rarely spotted, while the Dempster Nos. 3 and 4 are probably the most frequently observed. Often these mills may be found defaced, with the horse shaped counterweight pirated by windmill weight collectors." ADDITIONAL NOTES:Both ear tips show wear; body has a few surface imperfections otherwise - READY-TO-DISPLAY CONDITION Overall Approximate Size: 15.75" x 16.5"Offside Mane: 1 1/8" long ("pulled" style mane combed over to horse's right side only) *Special handling / packaging will deliver this heavy folk art item safely to your door Please note more photos below of this listing &, since you're & all, check out my other offerings, too. If you have ANY questions anytime along... read more

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