INDEX     (A-B) / (C-E) / (F-I) / (J-M) / (N-R) / (S) / (T) / (U-Z)

AUSTRALIAN WINDMILL MANUFACTURERS - J - M

J / K / L / M

JAMES MARTIN & COMPANY

    Of 681 - 689 George St, Haymarket, Sydney. Imported AERMOTOR Windmills. The company operated at least within the period (1895 - 1913). See also (C-E) CHALLENGE Windmill Co.

• CLIPPER WINDMILL    (c1910) Actually the DANDY Windmill made by CHALLENGE in the USA

JOHANSEN, G.

    A blacksmith from Bramfield, South Australia who also manufactured windmills.

JOHN SHEARER AND COMPANY

    Short lived Company arrangement that manufactured the METTERS M windmills. They operated from Kilkenny, South Australia.

JOHN SHEARER WINDMILL

JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD

    Long established English manufacturer and brassfounder.
   IMPORTED INTO AUSTRALIA or sold by

1. R. G. WARNER & CO.    1 Lord's Place, Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania circa 1883 - 1885

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JONES, A. & SONS

    Of the Adelaide Foundry, Victoria Street and North Terrace Adelaide. In September 1878 they advertised as Engineers, Millwrights, Iron and Brass Founders, Smiths and Boilermakers, selling, among other things, windmills and double-action pumps, on hand or made to order.

JONES, Ernest

   Ernest JONES was born in Essex, England in 1868, and came as a child to Victoria with his parents. He was educated as a mechanical engineer, and worked with several firms in Melbourne. In 1890 he went to Colac, where he commenced manufacturing windmills. Patentee of the "Jones Ideal Steel Windmills and Towers". In 1901 his factory was in Gellibrand Street, Colac, and he also manufactured troughs, tanks, piping and pumps. At that time he had a workforce of about six men. He was listed as a windmill manufacturer in Colac in Wise's Post Office Directory of Victoria in 1904. A full page pictorial advert was also included.

• IDEAL WINDMILL     An all metal windmill manufactured circa 1902 - 1912. It was a direct acting centralised crank type windmill. There was also a geared version. Advertised in 1904.

JONES, Horatio Thomas

    Engineer, inventor and recluse. Born at Naracoorte, South Australia in 1870. Before he was 20, Horatio had invented a model of a self-adjusting windmill that was displayed at the Juvenile Industrial Exhibition in Melbourne, Victoria on 28 March 1888, winning a silver medal. He died in 1949.

JUNIOR WINDMILL

    - see - (C-E) DEAN & McCABE WINDMILLS PTY LTD.
    - see - (T) THOMPSON H. C.
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KILBURN, James Frederick

    James Frederick KILBURN of South Yarra, Melbourne in Victoria, Australia took out patents for his windmill in Victoria on 29 May 1886, New South Wales on 6 September 1886 and South Australia on 12 October 1886. He also took out U.S. patent no. 389,477 on 11 September 1888.
   COMPANIES OFFERING FOR SALE.

1. McLEAN BROS & RIGG     1887 = Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide. 1888 = Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, London and New York. Sole agents.

• THE KILBURN WINDMILL     A direct action sectional wheel vaneless windmill with a wooden wheel. It was regulated by a counterweight that acted on a rod through the hollow hub shaft, to drive the inner shaft. The inner shaft was fitted to the front hub disc and moved in and out, depending on the wind speed. patent drawing

KING, Alfred

    Advertised as a maker of a windmill in 1869-71. Plumber, Painter, Glazier & Gasfitter of Ryrie St, Geelong, Victoria.

KINGSBURY, Alexander

    Listed as a plumber and windmill agent at Dandenong in Wise's P.O. Directory of Victoria 1904.

KING WINDMILL

    - see - (U-Z) WILLIS, William.
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LACY, S. & Co

    Windmill manufacturer in York St, Sale, Gippsland, Victoria who produced windmills [1893 - 1909]. Windmill production may have begun earlier because their 'SALE FOUNDRY' was established in 1870.

• SAFETY WINDMILL    Patented by ENGLAND in 1877. Awarded special prize in the National Agricultural Show, Traralgon, Victoria. Available with 12 or 18 foot windwheels, direct drive or geared. The wind wheel blades were mounted on hinges lengthways on the spokes. Regulation seems to be by a variable pitch arrangement which used linkages to swivel the individual blades out of the wind.The geared model appears to have a bevel gear drive and shaft to the pump.

LAMB and COMPANY

    Successor to FREEPORT MACHINE COMPANY and to EMMET and LAMB. Based in Freeport Illinois, USA and operating from the 1890's to the 1900's.

• FREEPORT WINDMILL    Advertised by William SANDOVER of Perth and Fremantle in 1891. The company is not confirmed but would fit with current information.
• LAMB WINDMILL    Advertised by William SANDOVER of Perth and Fremantle in 1892/3. Solid wheel, long stroke windmill with wooden tail and wheel arm. The identification is not confirmed but would fit with the version of the FREEPORT windmill as noted. The tail was ornate with stepped vane sides and a complex scalloped end. Two tail spars were used. The windwheel had flat rim sections.

LANG, M. A.

    Shown in the 1932/3 Business Directory as a manufacturer at Point Street, Fremantle, Western Australia.

LANGWILL BROS & DAVIES PTY LTD

    see - (C-E) CHALLENGE WINDMILL COMPANY
    Addresses
    110 - 114 Sturt St, South Melbourne. [Machinery stores and works 1913].
    1 Queen St, Melbourne. [Office].

LAVER, H. R.

    Of Payneham, South Australia. Advertised in October 1882 as sole manufacturer of the improved Self-Regulating Comet Windmill, winner of First Prize at the Adelaide Agricultural and Horticultural Society Show, March 1882.

LENNOX, Andrew

    Windmill manufacturer in Cobram, Victoria who produced a windmill in 1903.

LITTLE BILL WINDMILL

    - see - (C-E) JOHN DANKS & SON PTY LTD.

LITTLE BOSKER WINDMILL

    - see - (F-I) GEO E FORTESCUE & SONS LTD.

LITTLE DORIS WINDMILL

    - see - FRED METTERS & CO.

LITTLE GEM WINDMILL

    - see - (N-R) PATERNOSTER, Henry George

LITTLE TOFF WINDMILL

    - see - FRED METTERS & CO.
    - see - TOFF Windmill

LITTLE WONDER WINDMILL

    - see - (T) TOOWOOMBA FOUNDRY & RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK CO.

LITTLER & BRUCE

    Importer and machinery merchant of Quay Street, Rockhampton, Queensland. Advertised in Wise's P. O. Directory of Queensland in 1903.

LLOYD, Albert E.

    Windmill manufacturer in Kaniva, Victoria who produced a windmill in 1907.
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McCONNELL, Alex

    Windmill manufacturer in Yarrawonga, Victoria who produced a windmill in 1911.

McCOOK, William

    Author of the book "WINDMILLS OF THE WORLD".

• 1    Made a one off windmill in 1968. It was a open geared power mill.
• 2    Made a one off windmill in 1977. It was an oil bath model of 4 ft 6 inches and used a single gear double crank design with crosshead motion. A side vane was employed.

McCRORY & McDONALD

    Windmill manufacturer in Mortlake, Victoria who produced a windmill circa 1905 - 1906.

McGLEW, W. H.

   William Henry McGLEW was born at Vasse, Western Australia, to Henry Daniel McGLEW and Lucy Emma-Jane BOWRA on the 26th of October 1845. He was educated at Fremantle, Western Australia before serving his apprenticeship with Solomon COOK. Then in late 1871 Fras. G. ARMSTRONG and W. H. McGLEW took over COOK's premises and business in Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia.
   This was a very comprehensive enterprise and they appear to have succeeded an efficient operator. ARMSTRONG and McGLEW purchased all of COOK's patterns with the intention of continuing to offer his full range and maintain spare parts for existing machines. These they offered to supply by description rather than require the damaged machine to be brought to Perth, which indicates good quality control for the period. There was a steam engine on the premises, which apparently powered machinery for wood, brass and iron turning and circular sawing, while farriery was also done. The product line on offer on the agricultural side covered reaping and thrashing machines, hay rakes, chaff cutters and other like equipment. There was also a trade in vehicles with wagonettes, traps, gigs, drays, wagons, timber wyms and other vehicles made to order.
   Other enterprises appear to have been involved as well as he is listed as employing fifteen Ticket-of-Leave men between 1872 and 1876 who were mainly woodcutters.
   This business continued on until McGLEW announced in a notice dated the 19th of February 1877 that he was continuing the business in his own name. By this time he was operating as the Metropolitan Iron and Brass Foundry.
   The first record of a windmill also appears this year when a meeting of the Perth City Council in October/November 1877 were discussing a pond near the public pound in William Street which was used by cattle and was becoming offensive because of both its appearance and odour. One suggestion was that "...the running stream be made to flow through the pond, and thereby lesson this evil : but what I believe would be better still is to have a large trough fixed, and one of Mr McGLEW's wind-acting pumps [which would cost about 35 pounds] erected in the locality. By these means, this eye-sore of this part of the city could be entirely aboished by filling it in : and cattle would be able to have a drink of comparatively pure water. There can be no doubt that cows in milk drinking such water as now lies in this pond, must of necessity, have their milk affected." Records for windmills are sparse after that and no name was provided for the machine concerned, which was offered at such an early date in general Australian windmill history.
   The use of the name Metropolitan Iron and Brass Foundry does not appear to have been long lived as it is not included in the 1878 commercial directory for Perth.
   The first collected advertisement for the Imperator windmill occurs in a commercial directory for 1886, and states that McLEW was the manufacturer of this machine that was well suited for watering stock and irrigation use, and that " Several of these machines can be seen at work at the Metropolitan Railway Station pumping water for the locomotives."
   The business was still advertising "self regulating windmills in June 1889." Unfortunately is no name or description provided apart from them costing from 10 pounds [$20] and upwards, with the smallest unit capable of pumping from four hundred to six hundred gallons an hour.
   William Henry McGLEW died on the 21st of January 1924.

McINNES, P. J.

    Of 8 Butler Terrace, Naracoorte, South Australia. Manufactured the THOMPSON JUNIOR windmills for about 10 years after THOMPSON, H. C. ceased production.

McLEAN BROS & RIGG LTD

1. England 9 - 11 Fenchurch Avenue, London.
2. New South Wales 512 George St, Sydney = 1899, 1900.
3. South Australia 84, 86 88, 90 Hindley St, Adelaide. [1893]. 41 - 43 Hindley St, Adelaide. [moved there 1893 or 1895 - c1897 when the branch was wound up and the residue of stock sent to the newly opened Perth branch].
4. United States of America 52 - 54 New Street, New York.
5. Victoria 69 Elizabeth St, Melbourne. 190 - 192 Bourke St, Melbourne. Port Melbourne.

    - see - (U-Z) WOODIN & LITTLE.

McMASTER, Catherine Jane

    Catherine Jane McMASTER of Corfield, North Queensland was awarded US patent 854,664 on May 21 1907. The windmill she patented was in several ways similar to the "STEEL WINGS" windmill.

MANVEL WINDMILL

    - see - (U-Z) WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.

MARKS, W. F.

    Blacksmith and windmill maker of Bromfield and Gellibrand Streets, Colac, VIC who advertised between 1898 until his death in mid 1900. Claimed to have received First Prize for the Best Windmill against all comers at the 1898 Ballarat Show.

MARSHALL, ALLAN A. & CO.

    Brassfounders, Coppersmiths, Plumbers of Bon Accord Works, 8 Macquarie Place, Sydney, NSW, advertised an Improved Windmill complete with pump between October and December 1870.

MARTIN, J. E.

    Windmill manufacturer in Hopetoun, Victoria who produced a windmill circa 1907 - 1910.

MASON, Frederick

    - see - (A-B) BOOTH - MACDONALD

MAST FOOS & Co [1875 - ]

    American company in Springfield, Ohio. They applied in 1885 for the Australian Trademark for the "IRON TURBINE" windmill.
    IMPORTED INTO AUSTRALIA (or sold by)

1. HARROLD BROS     1882 - 1896. Adelaide, South Australia and Perth, Western Australia. IRON TURBINE windmill 8, 10 ,12 & 14 ft.
2. GEORGE WILCOX     1881 - 1882. Adelaide, South Australia. IRON TURBINE windmill.
3. THE STATE MACHINERY COMPANY     1905 - 1906. Adelaide, South Australia.
4. HARRY & BURNS     1886. South Australia. IRON TURBINE windmill.
5. SYMON, HAMMOND & HUBBLE     1886 - 1888. Fremantle, Western Australia. IRON TURBINE windmill.
6. STATES MACHINERY AND PRODUCE CO     1907. Western Australia.
7. MONGERS WEST AUSTRALIAN STORES     1902 - 1905. Western Australia.
8. JAMES McEWEN & CO     1885 - 1886. Melbourne, Victoria. IRON TURBINE windmill.
9. McLEAN BROS AND RIGG     1884 - 1885. Melbourne, Victoria. IRON TURBINE windmill.
10. SMELLIE & CO     1888. Brisbane, Queensland. IRON TURBINE windmill.
11. C. HARCOURT TURNER     1890. Queensland. IRON TURBINE windmill.
12. LASSETTER, F. & CO     1883 - 1915. Sydney, NSW. IRON TURBINE windmill 8 1/2, 10, 12ft. IMPERIAL windmill 10ft.

• IRON TURBINE WINDMILL    1876 - c1898. Unusual windmill with bucket shaped blades. The first commercially successful steel windmill. Originally direct stroke but later back geared. Available in 8, 8 1/2, 10, 12 and 14 ft.
• IMPERIAL WINDMILL    1896 - mid 1920's. Conventional open back geared steel windmill. Available in 8, 10 and 12 foot.

MASTER NUOIL WINDMILL

• - see - METTERS LTD.
• - see - (F-I) HORWOOD BAGSHAW.
• - see - MASTER NUOIL Windmill

MBP WINDMILL

    Short lived Company arrangement that manufactured the METTERS 'M' windmills. Records for 1980 to 1982.

MEADOWBANK IRONWORKS Co

    Established by John Howard ANGUS from Angaston, South Australia in c1895 at Meadowbank NSW. They produced a windmill in 1896.

MELLORS BROS (1868 - 1891)

    Founded in 1842 by Joseph MELLOR in Adelaide. It became 'J MELLOR & SONS' and opened a branch in Kapunda in 1863. In 1868 it became 'MELLOR BROS'. During this period branch factories were opened at Jamestown and Quorn, SA. The business was floated into a company and became 'MELLOR BROS (Farmers) CO - OPERATIVE'. One source has the company still existing in c1909 and operated by J.F.MELLOR.

MELLORS BROS CO - OPERATIVE Co LTD (1891 - 1895)

    Was MELLORS BROS. Created to facilitate the sale of the company's patent stump jump plough. Branch factories were set up in Meadowbank, NSW. [MEADOWBANK MANUFACTURING Co] and at Braybrook Junction, Victoria. [BRAYBROOK IMPLEMENTS Co]. The organisation was wound up in 1895 when it went into liquidation. The Braybrook factory was purchased by H. V. McKAY and the town was renamed Sunshine . Thomas TREVENA who had worked at Quorn for 12 years before managing MELLOR's Jamestown premises, purchased the Jamestown premises including the plant and continued on in business.

• WINDMILL    Steel windmill using direct drive from a crank formed in the hub shaft between the two support bearings. The wind wheel had single tube spokes having blades fitted between the wind wheel rings. Known model was 8 spokes 32 blades.

METEOR WINDMILL

    - see - (U-Z) SIDNEY WILLIAMS COMPANY.

METTERS, Fred & Co

    (1891 or before - still Fred in 1908 but METTERS LTD in 1910) Advertised in 1908 as offering 8, 10 and 12 ft windmills from Perth, Sydney and Adelaide. Proprietors given as F METTERS and H L SPRING. Became METTERS LTD c1909. The company also made several types of cast grave markers and other foundry goods. (other designs I will assume for the moment are in the METTERS LTD period.)

• COMET WINDMILL    They offered an open geared windmill by this name in 1908. The illustration shows it to be the windmill of that name manufactured by the U.S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP Co.
• METTERS LITTLE DORIS WINDMILL    (shortly after the WINDMOTOR. Only available in 6 ft with 4 double flat spokes and a one piece hub and pinion gear. Very similar to a ALSTON SINGLE CRANK windmill.
• METTERS LITTLE TOFF WINDMILL    (early 20th century to -still in production 1935). Made in 6 ,7, 8 and 9 ft. Similar to the LITTLE DORIS but with single angle iron spokes. For further information see - TOFF Windmill
• METTERS WIND MOTOR WINDMILL    (1896 - Still in the 1934 catalogue). Sizes available were 8, 10, 12 and 14 ft. The WIND MOTOR appears to have much in common with an AERMOTOR. With the exception of the bearings, very few alterations were made to the model between the years 1896 and 1919. The motor was open single geared with the original bearings made of fixed white metal for both gear and hub shaft in all sizes, but were altered to replaceable brass cylindrical shape during 1898. Replaceable brass split hexagon shapes were introduced in 1910 but after two years cylindrical bearings were resumed. The 1914 pattern WIND MOTOR (8ft only) had two cylindrical brass hub bearings with oval shape flange and two screw holes on the outer end of each bearing. The screws were countersunk. The gear wheel shaft remained stationary in the cast sleeve and the gearwheel itself turned on the shaft. The 10, 12 and 14 ft models supplied during 1914 were fitted with ball bearings, but in 1915 METTER's reverted to brass cylindrical bearings in all models. The brake was an internal hub brake and furling used a governor weight. For further information see - WINDMOTOR Windmill

METTERS LTD

    c1910 onwards.Continued to produce the FRED METTERS & Co windmills.
    Addresses

1. New South Wales    154 Elizabeth St, Sydney [1917 - 1931]
2. South Australia    66 Grenfell St, Adelaide.
3. Western Australia    William Street, Perth [1910]. 847 - 851 Hay St, Perth [1926 - 1958].

    Exported as far away as Cyprus. They were built in Adelaide, their original site and at Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia. In their later years they were the victim of a series of takeovers by other companies.

• METTERS DA 16 ft WINDMILL    (1936 - 1970's) Limited production cast and machined oil bath direct action windmill. Only available in 16 ft. Used a ball race fitted to the crank which revolved in a channel section of the crosshead. The crosshead was guided by 2 steel rods and had a ball race anti swivel fitting for the hollow pump rod on top. A thrust ball bearing was used on the mast pipe. And 2 other ball races pivoted the tail off the main casting. Fan was 8 spoke, 2 ring with 24 blades.
• METTERS DIRECT ACTION WINDMILL 20 ft    Offered in the Adelaide 1957 price list. It was an oil bath mill with a reservoir and pump in the head and a sump reservoir at the base of the tower. The windmill operated off a crank which drove a piston in the pipe barrel. All hub and pitman bearings were nylon and ball bearings were used for the tower swivel. 8 spokes, 24 blades & 3 rings.
• METTERS DIRECT ACTION SELF - OILING WINDMILL    Quite an unusual windmill. It used a two compartment main casting with an oil sump on one side for lubrication and a space for the crank counter balance weight in the other. Available in 12 and 14 foot.
• METTERS FLIRT WINDMILL    5ft direct action open windmill. Produced from c1922 and probably short lived. Similar style fan to the Toff.
• METTERS K (Sept 1934 - 1957)    Made in 5, 6, 8 and 10 ft. A 12 ft version was made in Adelaide. The first version is a fair bit different to the later "K" Model Oil bath mills in that it has a block type crosshead running on a single guide, it has no bearing on the pipe barrel, a twin pinion gear on the 5, 6 and 8ft models and two separate pinion gears on the 10 ft. It also uses the top tail support and hub design in the 5 and 6 foot models from the METTERS MINOR, (a similar tail support in the 8 ft). NB - The fact that there was only one gearbox offered for the 5 and 6 ft models and the hub appears to be from the MINOR may indicate that the MINOR fan was being supplied for the 5 ft model. The parts numbers for the 6 ft tower mounts would appear to be from a MINOR. The 8 ft tower mounts and the 8 & 10 ft sheave wheels seem also to have another source. All METTERS "K" models appear to suffer from a thin main casting supporting the tail and many cases of the tail and the back section of the casting departing the mill are to be found, especially in the larger mills. With the roller guide bar being part of the main casting in the latter versions, wear here required more work than should be expected. Also there seems to be significant differences between those mills manufactured in Western and South Australia throughout the life of the series. Versions were the K, KA, KH & KM. The last was virtually an M. For further information see - METTERS K windmill
• METTERS K M    This model was available with 6, 8, 10, 12 & 14 foot wind wheels.

    METTERS K REBADGES AVAILABLE

• PATCO WINDMILL PATERSON & Co. LTD. 1938 - 1941.
• WABCO WINDMILL WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BORING CO. 1949 - 1956.
• FEDERATION WINDMILL WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FARMERS COOPERATIVE LTD. 1934 - 1954.
• EXCEL WINDMILL THE BAIRDS COMPANY. 1937 - 1947.
• RUNWELL WINDMILL J. & W. BATEMAN PTY. LTD. 1936 - 1951.
• ELDERS K WINDMILL ELDER SMITH & CO. LTD. 1948 - 1954.
• HORWOOD BAGSHAW K WINDMILL HORWOOD BAGSHAW LTD. 1950.

• METTERS M WINDMILL    This was developed in Western Australia in c1957 from the older "K" and "NUOIL" models that METTERS had made since early in the twentieth century. When Adelaide was informed of the impending release of the 'M' which would cease WA's reliance on Adelaide for castings there was apparently strenuous discussion whith Adelaide attempting to take over production. This didn't work and so SA went on to produce the KM and later SM.
• METTERS MASTER NU-OIL WINDMILL (1931 - )    Made in 8, 10, 12 and 14 ft. The 12 and 14 ft fans are on the same model gearbox. For further information see - MASTER NUOIL Windmill
• METTERS MINOR WINDMILL    (1927 - Still in the 1934 catalogue). Only available as 5 ft. Identical to the BAKER - MONITOR 'V' model except it used grease cups in two sizes instead of grease plugs. The castings have had an "M" prefix (eg. hub has 'M5') in some cases if not all.
• METTERS NU-OIL WINDMILL (1919 - 1931)    Made in 8 ft, 10 ft, 12 ft and 14 ft. The furling gear on the original model is different to later models. During the period from 1921 to 1931, minor alterations were made to this windmill. The brake was a band on the hub. The cross head was of a block pattern in the 8 ft only and they ran between either 2 round threaded bars with joining bar with oil trough, or a tee iron loop with bolt on oil trough to receive oil from the oil pump. The main gears were either spindle keyed, or had slip ring horse shoe shaped washers. They were probably the last Australian windmill to employ a counterweight for windage.
• METTERS SM WINDMILL    This would appear to be Adelaide's answer to Perth's model 'M'. Available in 6 and 8 ft only.
• METTERS SELF- OIL SINGLE CRANK WINDMILL (1922 - 1929)    Made in 6 and 7 ft. The only difference was the size of the windwheel and the crosshead was available for either 1/2" or 5/8" mill rod. The gearbox casting was the full height of the head with a galvanised cover on the rear half and contained a single gear set. Braking was by a hub band and when furling a head weight was used.

MIDGET WINDMILL

    - see - (U-Z) SIDNEY WILLIAMS COMPANY.

MINOR WINDMILL

    - see - METTERS LTD.

MOFFET - VIRTUE

    Established by John MOFFETT & William Wright VIRTUE of 205 Clarence St, Sydney. They produced a windmill in 1929. Later agents for WEBB and the INTERCOLONIAL BORING Co.

MONITOR WINDMILL

    - see - (A-B) BAKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

MONO WINDMILL

    Manufactured by MONO PUMPS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD.
    - see - (A-B) James ALSTON & SONS PTY LTD.

MONO PUMPS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD

    Of "Mono House", 338-348 Lower Dandenong Rd, Mordialloc, Victoria. Turbine pump which used a clutch to allow the windmill to start turning.

• MONO WINDMILL    Conventional wind wheel. Rotary drive design to suit the companies bore hole pumps. Seems to have been available with a variety of sizes wind wheels etc. Listed as 10ft x 320, 10ft x 520, 12ft x 320, 12ft x 520, 12ft x 620, 14ft x 520 and 14ft x 620. This is the model that is supposed to have been built by James ALSTON & SONS.

W. D. MOORE & Co

    Addresses in Henry St, Fremantle, Western Australia. [1897] and 74 - 80 Henry Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. [1932/3]. N.W. Australian Mercantile Co, of Roebourne and Cossack [Agents] [1897]. The company began in 1862 when the 27 year old (William Dalgety MOORE) commenced business as W.D. MOORE & Co. During the next three decades the business prospered and developed as wine and spirit merchants. A schooner was purchased for the trade between Fremantle and Geraldton and distribution stores were established at Cossack and Roebourne on the Pilbara coast. In 1895/6 the company expanded into importing AERMOTOR Windmills from the USA and found a market in thepastoral areas of the Nor-West.
    In 1900 (George Frederick MOORE) purchased the business and continued to trade in his father's name until his death in 1935. The windmill division developed along with the divisions of wholesale and manufacturing groceries, and retail and wholesale hardware.
    In 1929 W.D. MOORE & Co. was turned into a proprietary company. In 1931 they were offering 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 ft AERMOTOR windmills. By 1936 high tariffs had made the importing of the AERMOTOR Windmills unrealistic. Between 1935 and 1945 the uneconomical general grocery and hardware departments were phased out.
    In 1945 Frederick Hamersley MOORE, a grandson of W.D. MOORE, entered the business, so Peter P. JEFFREY at age 70 could retire. He found a small manufacturing grocery business and windmill business for which he was unable to get stock. In 1953 he purchased the business from the company and in 1954 land was acquired at O'Connor where, with staff assistance, a factory was built. In 1955 the business moved to its present premises and general engineering had become a firm part of the business. The manufacturing groceries were disposed of. His son (Geoffrey Jameson MOORE) became the General Manager in 1979.
    1976 saw the appointment of Douglas A. D. JOSLIN to the family partnership. He was responsible for the company's manufacture of windmills, and since 1969, conducted sales trips to the country areas until retiring in 1994.

• AERMOTOR WINDMILLS - Australian manufactured By 1933 Peter P. JEFFREY arranged for the manufacture of the 6 and 8 ft models in Melbourne although this supply became unreliable. (Supplied by John DANKS)
• AERMOTOR 602    By 1949 manufacturing plant had been installed and in that year the first West Australian 2.4 metre AERMOTOR was produced in the Henry Street premises. The decision to copy the model 602 'AERMOTOR' rather than the then current model 702 'AERMOTOR' was anecdotely made because the earlier model was thought to be superior and W.D.MOORE were always supplying spare parts for worn or damaged 702's.
• BILLABONG WINDMILL    They were agents for DANKS. [1921]
• TEMPEST WINDMILL    Direct action windmill with greased bearings. Sold with or without a furling system. Supplied on a YELLOWTAIL tower. Only available in 2.4 metre configuration.
• YELLOWTAIL WINDMILL    In 1985, W. D. MOORE & Co. added the YELLOWTAIL Windmill to its range when it purchased the windmill business of the old METTERS company.

MORIESON, John

    Operated in Warrnambool arround 1885. His business was the Phoenix Forge in Liebig Street.

• VICTORY WINDMILL     Introduced about April 1885. It was a direct drive vaned design with 36 blades which could be feathered out of the wind. The stroke was of 4 or 7 inches.

MORRIS, ROBERTS & MEEKS

    - see - BOOTH MACDONALD - NEW ZEALAND

MOUNT BARKER IRONWORKS

    Charles E. DUTCH established the factory in 1850 at Mount Barker, South Australia. He began as part of SALMAN's foundry, down by Mount Barker Creek, Mt Barker, South Australia before going into business on his own. Still C. E. DUTCH in 1892. His sons Isaac and William appear to be the DUTCH BROS. They operated from at least 1895. Operated the "Mount Barker Ironworks ", in Mount Barker South Australia. [est. 1850].

• DON WINDMILL    [c1899 - c1906]. The DON Geared Wind Motor was an all metal, open geared mill produced in 6 , 8, 10 and 12 ft. [the 6 was a later addition]. The DON employed an unusual hub with three mounts per spoke and had flat instead of curved fan rings. The pitman arm appears to have worked a pivoting beam which drove the pump rod attached to the other side of the pivot. It was designed to pump water from depths of 10 to 200 ft.
• DON No. 2 WINDMILL   
• DON JUNIOR WIND MOTOR    The DON JUNIOR employed a 6ft motor and windwheel designed similarly to the DON No. 2, but specifically for shallow wells.
• EXCELSIOR WINDMILL    [1890 - ]. All metal windmill. Available with at least 10 foot wind wheels, 6 inch stroke. There were apparently over 40 of them in use by April 1892. A 10ft Excelsior windmill was displayed at the Mount Gambier Spring Show in October 1890.

MUNRO, David

    Born in Scotland in 1844 and migrated to Victoria with his family in 1854. In Melbourne in 1877 he patented a windage system which had the hub shaft on a hinged casting which allowed the fan to topple over in high wind. See also David MUNRO & Co. David MUNRO died in 1898.

MUNRO, DAVID & Co

    Windmill manufacturer at 154 Queen St, Melbourne, Victoria in 1881. Works at 302 Queen St in 1900. Known as Munro's Engineering Works by 1900. A large engineering and machinery business, David Munro & Co thrived during the construction and railway boom of the 1870's and 1880's. The company built Queen's Bridge and Princess Bridge across the Yarra river and are still in modern use.

• VICTORY SELF-ADJUSTING WINDMILL    The Victory windmill won first prize in the Machinery Section of the Exhibition at Bowen Park, Queensland in August 1877. Two mills were shown with wind wheel sizes of 10 ft and 14 ft.

MURRAY BROS.

    Iron and Brass Founders, engineer and general blacksmiths of Mercer Street, Geelong, Victoria. Manufactured the Harrison Windmill. Advertised in the G.F. Witton's Commercial Directory of Victoria in 1895. see - (F-I) HARRISON, ISAAC.

• HARRISON WINDMILL (1890's)

MURRAY, D. & W.

    - see - WOODIN & LITTLE.

MURRAY & DAVEY

    Windmill manufacturer in Hamilton, Victoria who produced a windmill in 1913.
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