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BASSLER -GUENACO
Manufacturer in Rosario. By 1990 they were no longer building a windmill of their own. They appear to have sold FLINT & WALLING, STAR mills, bearing their name.
FAIMBERG & CIA S.R. LTD
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- NEPTUNO WINDMILL Manufactured at least in 1946. Oil bath windmill with a similar tail to an Aermotor, but quite different hub.
F.I.A.S.A. - FAB
Factory in Bragado. In 1990 they were turning out about 13,000 to 14,000 windmills a year.
- FIASA WINDMILL Copy of the Aermotor 602 model from the USA. In 1993 it was produced with 1.8, 2.4, 3, 3.6, 4.2 and 4.8 metre wind wheels. Their address c1995 was Rivadavia Y Alfredo Palacios, Buenos Aires.
FERROLIT
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- WINDMOTOR WINDMILL Aermotor derived windmill.
ISTILART, Juan B.
Buenos Aires manufacturer. Apears to have commenced large scale manufacture in 1937.
- ISTILART WINDMILL Double geared, oil-bath windmill.
JUSTO BROS
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- JUSTO WINDMILL Aermotor look alike.
LANOS ROLAND COMPANY
MACADAM, J. F. & Co
One time importer of the STOVER MANUFACTURING Co windmills.
- SAMSON WINDMILL Original design. Spring tensioned tail. Wind wheel blades fitted in front of the rings.
SAGLIO, J. A.
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- HERCULES WINDMILL Twin geared oil bath design. Still selling in 1990.
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- CONDOR WINDMILL Known in 1993. A 2.0 metre wind wheel based on the Columbian Gaviotos windmill.
CIPER
In 1993 they were producing a windmill based on the TOOL 12-PU-350.
SEMTA
In 1993 they were producing a windmill based on the 12-PU-500.
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CANTAVENTOS KENYA LTD
In production in 1993. Address = Rodovia RS 130, Km 14, Encantado-RS, Brazil.
- KENYA WINDMILL A three metre wind wheel geared machine with 18 blades.
- KENYA JUNIOR WINDMILL A portable geared 1.6 metre wind wheel with 6 blades.
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DELTX WINDPUMP CORPORATION
Of 300, 1550 - 8th Street, S.W. Calgary, Alberta.
- WINDPUMP 50 WINDMILL Welded steel mechanically regulated windmill capable of pumping 109,000 litres per minute in a 48 kph wind with a 9.15 metre lift. Wind wheel diameter = 52.5 ft. 7-30 rpm. Height = 39.6 metres.
GOOLD SHAPLEY & MUIR COMPANY
Of Brantford, Ontario. Established in 1892 by E. L. Goold, W. H. Shapley, John Muir and Henry Heigh. The company ceased in the mid 1930's and the windmill production side of their business was continued by Beatty Brothers Ltd of Fergus, Ontario.
- IDEAL Single internal geared open back-geared steel windmill first manufactured in the early 1890's.
- IDEAL POWER MILL Power version of the Single geared Ideal. First manufactured in the mid 1890's.
- STEEL KING Short lived windmill first manufactured in 1898.
- IMPERIAL Open back-geared steel windmill first manufactured just after the turn of the century. The Imperial won the famous 1903 windmill trials held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
- NEW IDEAL Manufactured from 1909. Similar to but slightly modified from the original Ideal steel mill. Aimed at the export market.
- NEW IDEAL POWER MILL Power version of the New Ideal steel windmill. Made from 1909 to the mid-1920's.
- DOUBLE GEARED IDEAL Produced from 1914 to the 1930's in 8ft, 10ft and 12ft sizes. Open double back geared steel windmill.
- BRANTFORD SELF-OILING Introduced in the early 1930's. An oil-bath version of the Double Geared Ideal. After Goold SHapley & Muir ceased windmill production in the mid 1930's, the production of this mill was continued by Beatty Brothers of Fergus, Ontario.
MASSEY ENTERPRISES
Of P.O. Box 1299, RR No.1- Springpoint Rd, Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Produced a wind driven air compressor for water pumping. No date.
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A. MATOS
Of Ribera De Calhau, Sao Vicente. Produced 2.2 and 2.8 metre windmills. By 1999 about 100 were known to have been manufactured. They appear to be oil-bath designs.
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In 1993 it was reported that the 'Chinese Wind Energy Development centre' [CWEDC] was undertaking windmill development in conjunction with 'The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanisation Sciences' [CAAMS], various academic institutions and the Xinghua Tractor Factory.
- FD-2 Geared windmill with 2 metre wind wheel - existed in 1993.
- FD-6 Geared windmill with 6 metre wind wheel - existed in 1993.
- Low lift, high volume irrigation windmills Developed by 1993.
IRON MAN WINDMILL CO. LTD
A division of International Windmill Corp., a wholly American owned and operated company located at 41# Jiefang Ave, Wuhan, Hubei, China 430035. CEO in 2005 is Tom Conlon.
Tom Conlon first began working with Aermotor Windmills in the desert of Southern California in 1969. In 1970, he started Aero Power Systems, a manufacturer of wind powered electric plants. The following year, he started GWW Co. (Great Western Windmill Co.) which distributed Dempster and Aermotor windmills in the western United States. GWW Co. was an education intensive business which placed strong emphasis on dealer development, system design, installation and service training.
In 1982, Mr Conlon retired, sold his interest in these businesses and went to work for the University of Hawaii designing and building Scientific Instruments. It was this work that brought him to China in January of 2001, when he was sent there to assist in the installation of a particle detector that he had built at the U of H. Upon completion of his work, he had some time to spent traveling across China by train. It was on this train that he saw many farmers lifting water by hand with crude equipment. Tom made many inquiries and found that wind power was not being used to assist with this work and that there were no factories in China producing windmills. He decided then to return to China and give serious consideration to the establishment of a business for the production of traditional American style Farm Windmills, which have a long history of successful operation.
Tom spent one year traveling in China meeting with Government officials and private business people and finally decided to start a wholly owned private enterprise to achieve his objective in Central China. Work began in a rented factory by manufacturing replacement parts for the 702 windmill, a very common mill in America. Eventually, production began of the 20ft 702, which had last been produced in Chicago in 1960. This is the largest and most powerful of the 702 series, capable of successfully pumping water as high as 1200ft.
Currently, the company is producing 3 sizes of the 702 windmill and will soon have all sizes in production. These windmills are identical to the traditional American farm windmill as was made in Chicago until 1960. All parts are identical and completely interchangeable. The large 20ft 702 windmills are achieving popularity for providing rural villages with a dependable supply of water. The windmills are marketed under the name "Iron Man Windmill."
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- IRONMAN WINDMILL This is the 20ft Aermotor 702 manufactured as the Ironman. The Iron Man (Wong Tie Ren) is a famous man in Chinese history, respected for his patience and diligence in carrying out difficult and tedious work.
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GAVIATOS LAS
- GUAJIRA WINDMILL Developed c1993. Has a 3.1 metre wind wheel.
- MV2E WINDMILL By 1993 they had sold 9,000 of these 2 metre wind wheel machines.
JOBER INDUSTRIES LTD
Address in 2006 is Jober Industries, Street 20 No. 30 82 Duitama - Boyaca, Colombia, South America. Tel. 57 8 7603887.
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- HOLMAN JBR-3000 WINDMILL Geared design with 3 metre wind wheel and 18 blades.
- JOBER WINDMILL Two models available. Both direct action mills with the same wind wheel diameter but one using 10 and the other 16 blades.
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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY COMPANY LTD
Copenhagen firm.
- AGRICCO WINDMILL This windmill was built in the 1920's. It used a paddle type wind wheel instead of a conventional tail for orientation and a similar but larger arrangement for the main drive. The wheel was tilted back over the head about 20 degrees to the vertical. The main blades were able to feather for wind wheel speed control. They were rotary drive power mills which could be adapted for pumping, generation or machinery operation. Water screws were offered for pumping purposes.
B J - STEEL
Operational in 1993. Address Kaerbyvej 3, 8832 Skals, Denmark.
- BJ360 WINDMILL 3.6 metre wind wheel direct action windmill. 8 paddle blades, single spar tail and side vane.
- LJ3600 WINDMILL Wind generator with pumping package. 3.6 metre wind wheel with eight blades.
NM ELECTRO
Existed in 1983. Address = Fruevej 80, DK-7900, Nykobing Mors, Denmark.
- FC 4000 Wind generator with pumping package. 4 metre wind wheel with 2 blades. Used a side vane.
POWER MILLS
Existed in 1993. Address = Toftegaardsjej 32, DK-9900, Friederikshavn, Denmark.
- POWER WINDMILL - ELECTRIC 6.3 metre wind wheel with 16 blades. Wind generator with pumping package.
- POWER WINDMILL Direct action design with 5.3 metre wind wheel with 16 blades.
SPARCO
- MODEL 1 WINDMILL Direct action. Two self regulating blades of light metal alloy. Uses ball bearings and had sold 30,000 units at the date of the brochure. For very shallow water source.
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EGYPTIAN SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY
A non profit organisation at 45 Shehab Street, El Mohandessin, Egypt c1995.
- ESES 2002 WINDMILL High speed design using 6 blades set at 23 degrees on an offset hub shaft and driving one set of gears at a ratio of 3.44. The windmill uses a tail with gravity return and appears to have a side van.. A brake system was used.
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BOLLEE FAMILY
A family in Le Mans and Orleans. Ernest Sylvain BOLLEE patented a windmill which apparently proved to be unworkable. However in 1872 a new model was erected at Orleans. This design did away with the use of a wind vane and replaced it with a small wind wheel placed in front of the main wheel. The two part wind wheel uses sheet iron blades.The wind passes through a fixed set of blades to a revolving set immediately behind. The drive is taken from the second set to the ground. Auguste, Ernest's third son took out a further patent in 1885 based on the Orleans windmill. The head is placed on a single hollow cast iron column with wire stays and a circular staircase around this. Original wheel sizes were 2.5, 3.5 and 5 metres. On Ernest's death the windmill passed to Auguste who sold it to E. LEBERT of Les Mans.
ESTABLISSMENTS DES AEROMOTEURS "CYCLONE"
Company at Margny Les Compiegne, which made a number of models. They made windmills with wind wheels from 2 to 12 metres.
- TYPE 1 Standard model geared machine with a tail hinged on two spars.
- TYPE 2 Designed for pumping and the generation of electricity. Used a side vane and right furling tail for regulation.
- TYPE 3 Direct action model.
- TYPE 4 Rotary drive mill with a wind wheel of up to 12 metres.
ETS BRUNO
Laval based company.
- MISTRAL WINDMILL Small direct action windmill with conventional wind wheel. A side vane was employed along with a hinged tail designed with the vane sheet fitted between the two tail spars.
ETS DE HERMENEAU
Existed in 1993. 32 Rue Marcellin-Berthelot, Z.I des Touches, 53000 Laval. (would appear to be connected to ETS BRUNO).
- MISTRAL WINDMILL Existed in 1993. Direct action windmills available with 2, 2.25 and 2.5 metre wind wheels which all had 15 blades.
ETS PONCELET AND CIEW
Based in Plancy - L'Abbaye.
- OASIS WINDMILL A small direct action windmill with a conventional wind wheel. A side vane was used and the tail was fitted on a double spar arrangement to two hinges below the level of the hub shaft.
HUMBOLT, Henri
Company based in Coussey.
- L'IDEALE WINDMILL A small direct action windmill with conventional wind wheel and single spar hinged tail. A side vane was employed.
LEBERT, E.
Purchased the windmill interests of Auguste BOLLEE. He introduced a conventional tower although both types remained available. In 1985, 19 examples were known to exist of the BOLLEE type mill. [One in England].
PONCELOT ET CIE
Existed in 1993. Address = Place de Victoire, 10380 Plancey l'Abbaye, BP 12, France. Probably = ETS PONCELOT AND CIEW.
- OASIS WINDMILL Direct action windmill available with 1.75, 2, 2.25, and 2.5 metre wind wheels. All models have 15 blades.
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BRAUNS, Rudolf
Dresden manufacturer.
- HERCULES WINDMILL This was a large rotary drive windmill with conventional wind wheel and tail, and also used a side vane. Used relatively few blades in the wind wheel design. Some had wind wheels of 15 metres.
HERZOG, G. R.
- GOLIATH WINDMILL A large, rotary drive windmill with conventional wind wheel and hinged, double spar tail.
KOSTER
A Holstein company, which appears to have ceased production in the 1960's.
- ADLER WINDMILL There appear to be more than one windmill with this name made by the company.
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- TYPE 1 This was built in the 1920's and used a paddle type wind wheel which braced the spokes to each other on the inside end of the blades. The blades themselves were a hollow aerofoil design.
- TYPE 2 This model was available into the 1960's. More conventional double geared, twin pitman arm, single oil ring cross head and round bar guide loop design. The wind wheel design was also conventional. The tail vane was a swallow pattern and swung on two hinges to furl to the right. Regulation was by a standard design using offset hub shaft acting against a coil tension spring fixed from the gearbox to the tail spar.
KUNZ
This may have been the name of the windmill rather than the manufacturer. It appears to be similar to TYPE 1 of the REINSCH windmills.
REINSCH, Carl
Dresden company which appears to have been a major manufacturer from the 1880's into at least the first decade of the twentieth century.
- TYPE 1 Appear to have manufactured a copy of the Halliday windmill from the USA in the early years of the company.
- TYPE 2 A large windmill with variable pitch wind wheel, oriented with a pair of paddle style wind wheels instead of a tail.
- TYPE 3 Conventional wind wheel with a hinged twin spar tail with a single tapered vane sheet. Furled to the right.
- REFORM WINDMILL Conventional wind wheel design with a side vane. Furled to the right.
VEREINIGTEN WINDTURBINENWERK
Appears to have superseded RUDOLF BRAUN as the manufacturer of the HERCULES windmill.
WINDPUMPEN-ZENTRALE
- UNIMAX WINDMILL Small pumping windmill. Also sold in Denmark. It had a paddle type wind wheel and what appears to be a conventional hinged tail.
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DARKATA ENGINEERING SERVICES
Trade Fair Site, Accra.
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ABACHEM LTD
This company started in 1981 as a manufacturer of abattoir equipment. Originally at Northern Road, Newark, Notts before moving to Jesop Way in 1986. [The previous addresses may be incorrect as the Northern Road address is noted in a 1993 publication] They attended Wakes & Lambs clearing sale in 1985 and there picked up equipment and some of the other companies former employees. Shortly after they began servicing the existing Newark windmills and were manufacturing new units by 1986.
- ABACHEM WINDMILL The basic Newark design was still being used in 1997 with some changes, gear boxes were changed from cast to fabricated mild steel. Some have been exported. Three or four legged towers are supplied. Wind wheel sizes supplied were 2, 2.5, and 3 metres on one size gearbox, and 3.75 and 4.25 metres on a larger size gear box. They were manufacturing 5, 5.5, and 6.25 metre wind wheels at least until 1993.
BURGESS, GRAHAM WINDPUMPS
Previous name of GB WINDPUMPS. Their address under this name was 22 Innox Hill, Frome, Somerset. As GB in 2000 they offered the 3.5 and 5 metre model. Address as GRAHAM BURGESS is 24 Cresswell Avenue, Taunton, Somerset. Sole UK manufacturers of the Poldaw windpump c1997. Address c2002 as GB was Willowbrook, Kilmington, Axminster, Devon.
- POLDAW WINDPUMP Available with a 3.5 metre paddle type wind wheel. Direct action crank and rocker arrangement with 100mm stroke. Weights are placed on the wheel to smooth the operation of the mill under different load conditions. Governs with an offset hub shaft balanced by a lifting gravity tail system. Furling equipment not fitted. Lubrication was by grease nipples for the ball bearings. Still operational in 1999.
CANADIAN IMPERIAL WINDMILL SYNDICATE
London firm which manufactured the Canadian 'Goold, Shapley & Muir', 'Canadian Imperial' windmill under licence from 1903 to 1904.
DUKE & OCKENDEN
Windmill and pump manufacturer of 126 Southwark Street, Littlehampton, England. Principals of the company were Mr Duke and Mr Ockenden. They made the Dando windmill which was named after them - D and O.
Mr Duke and Mr Ockenden founded the company in 1867, sinking the first tube well to ensure a clean water supply in Littlehampton after an outbreak of cholera. In 2017 the company still existed as Dando Drilling, manufacturing borehole drilling rigs, the last surviving company in the UK to do so.
There is a restored Dando windmill on display at the Amberley Museum in Amberley, West Sussex, UK.
Some great historic photos of Duke and Ockenden's windmills can be viewed here
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- DANDO WINDPUMP Made at least between 1894 and 1923. Open geared steel windmill. Historic images show 6 wheel arms with 18 sails, 3 sails per section and a fishtail shaped tail vane with the word DANDO stencilled on one or both sides. Another image shows a 20ft mill on a 50ft tower with a different shaped tail vane. At least 4 different shaped tail vanes have been noted. They also made a combined windmill and tank version. They made an oil bath model too.
- MANVEL WINDMILL Agent and importer of the B. S. Williams American made wooden solid wheel windmill.
CLARK & STEINMETS
A Bedford manufacturer. C.F.Bamford, of Bedford, England, exhibited a 12 foot model of theirs, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
DICKEY
Manufacturer in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. The principal was William Wilson DICKIE. Company said to have existed for about 100 years. Still a big employer in 1947.
GB WINDPUMPS
The company was formerly known as Graham Burgess Windpumps and then GB Windpumps while it was being operated by Graham Burgess. Graham sold the company to Thorne Marketing Services Ltd in October 2002. The company continued to run as GB Windpumps supplying the Poldaw range of Windpumps until it was dissolved in 2020.
GB Windpumps was the sole UK manufacturers of this type of Windpump in the UK. They supply 3.5 metre units, 5.0 metre units and now 1.8 metre units. The 100mm stroke is only on the 3.5 metre unit. The 5.0 metre unit has a 200mm stroke and the 1.8 metre unit has a 40mm stroke. Their address in 2006 was Willowbrook, The Street, Kilmington, Axminster, Devon, EX 13 7SH Tel. 01297 631672 .
- POLDAW WINDPUMP Available with a 3.5 metre paddle type wind wheel. Direct action crank and rocker arrangement with 100mm stroke. Weights are placed on the wheel to smooth the operation of the mill under different load conditions. Governs with an offset hub shaft balanced by a lifting gravity tail system. Furling equipment not fitted. Lubrication was by grease nipples for the ball bearings. The name Poldaw came from the designers Sandy Polak and Paul Dawson. Sandy Polak now works at Neale Consulting Engineers Ltd.
GODWIN, H. J. LTD
Of Coln St., Aldwyn, Quenington, Gloucester. Established circa 1877.
- HERCULES OIL BATH WINDMILL Standard oil bath double, back geared windmill. Ball bearing wheel shaft and turntable. Machine cut gears and steel pinions. Ran pitman arms to a crosshead with round bar hoop guide. Available in wind wheel sizes from 6ft to 18ft.
- HERCULES JUNIOR WINDMILL For light duties.
GRAHAM BURGESS WINDPUMPS
- see - Burgess, Graham Windpumps
- see - GB Windpumps
This group initiated the project which led to the IT windmill. In 1977 they began collaborating with 6 non governmental organisations in developing countries, with an interest in manufacturing direct action windmills. These organisations were 'The Rural Industries Innovation Centre' in Botswana, 'Bobs Harries Engineering Ltd' in Kenya, 'Merin Ltd' in Pakistan, 'Voltas Ltd' in India, 'The National Research Centre' in Egypt and a multi-national oil company in Oman. By 1979 five of these had begun manufacture. In 1981 an associate company, IT Power, took over the project.
IT POWER
Took over the windmill project for developing countries from the
Intermediate Technology Development Group in 1981. Contracted by the 'UK Overseas Development Administration'[ODA] to finalise the design of 6 and 7.5 Metre wind wheels. In 1990, due to demand for smaller windmills, It Power began development work and installed a 3 metre prototype in 1993.
JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD
Address in 1896/7, given as 27 Jewin Crescent, Cripplegate, London.
- VARIABLE PITCH WINDMILL They purchased the patent rights to a design which had been developed by Henry CHOPPING as early as 1838. They are known to have produced a mill using this design in the mid 1880's. It appears from an 1896/7 illustration to have a fixed tail and oblong tale sheet. Weights controlled the relative position to each other, of the two, parallel inner wind wheel rings, to turn individual blades into or out of the wind depending on wind wheel speed. In 1911 the blades are described as canvas covered frames, pivoted between two angle iron rings and connected with spiral springs. To orient the wheel to the wind in the smaller sizes a tail was used and in the larger sizes a subsidiary fan and gear was used.
- WARNER'S OPEN BACK GEARED WINDMILL Had a spring governor. They exhibited a 16 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
- WIND PUMPING ENGINE This could be a variable pitch windmill by the description. They exhibited a 20 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
KINGDOM & COMPANY
London firm which manufactured the Canadian 'Goold, Shapley & Muir', 'Canadian Imperial' windmill under licence from 1913 to at least 1915.
McBAIN, John & SON
Engineering works of Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland. In existence for over 80 years. They exhibited a 12 foot model of theirs, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials. It had steel fittings.
- MONARCH WINDMILL Oil bath windmill available with 6, 8, 10 and 12 ft wind wheels. Twin gear design. Hub shaft uses two single thrust bearings and the hub is held with a nut. Band brake provided on hub. Conventional pitman arms with the crosshead running in a slide plate. Oil rings used to lubricate the crosshead. The blade section type wind wheel was galvanised with the crimped sails in front of the rings. Flat section steel spokes 6ft = 4 with 12 blades, 8, 10 & 12ft = 6 spokes with 18 blades. Governing by offset wheel and tail coil spring.
McLELLAN, P. & W.
Scottish manufacturer from Glasgow. Clutha Iron Works. They exhibited a 18 foot Clutha windmill, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
- CLUTHA WINDMILL Advertised in Australia. It appears to be a Dandy Irrigator made by CHALLENGE Company in the USA.
MID WALES WELDED PRODUCTIONS LTD
Of Westgate Street, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales. Existed in 1993.
- MID WALES WELDED OIL BATH WINDMILL Geared windmill. The wind wheel uses spokes made of flat section steel for the 6, 8, 10 and 12 foot model, and angle section for the 14, 16 and 18 foot models. The 6 - 14 foot wheels have 6 spokes and 18 blades. The 16 and 18 foot wheels have 8 spokes and 24 blades. Mast pipe design with grease cup lubricated bottom tower bearing. Governing is accomplished with an off centre hub shaft balanced with a spring on the tail spar. They may not have been making the 18 ft version in 1993.
Appears to have also been known as T. A. POLAK, NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD. Address in 2006 is Highfield, Pilcot Hill, Dogmersfield, Hants. Designers of the Poldaw Windpump. They didn't manufacture the mill themselves but licensed its manufacture to various world wide entities. In the UK they are made by (formerly)Graham Burgess Pumps, now GB Windpumps. Available in 3.5 and 5 metre versions.
PEMBROKESHIRE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
This company situated at Haversford West, Pembrokeshire, ceased windmill production in 1981.
- BEAN HILL 2 / 27 WIND PUMP Direct action with a 6ft 6inch wind wheel governed at 17 mph by a force balance system using an auxilliary slide fin and spring loaded tail. The wheel is carried on taper bearings in the oil bath head and grease lubricated bronze bushes are fitted. An unusual feature is the aluminium pump push rod.
- BEAN HILL 3 / 88 WIND PUMP Direct action with an 18 blade 10ft wind wheel governed at 17 mph by a force balance system using an auxilliary slide fin and spring loaded tail. The wheel is carried on taper bearings in the oil bath head and ball bearings and broze bushes are fitted throughout. An unusual feature is the aluminium pump push rod.
PICKING - HOPKINS
Unusual design windmill of which little is known.
POLAK, T.A., NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD
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NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
RICKMAN & COMPANY
London firm which manufactured the Canadian 'Goold, Shapley & Muir', 'Canadian Imperial' windmill under licence from 1904 to 1913.
ROBERTS, E. & H. LTD
In 1903 they were at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England. Imported the Decorah windmill from the US before manufacturing their own design.
- HERCULES It used a sleeved wrist pin moving in a slotted rocker arm [similar to the Decorah design]. Exhibited a 12 foot model at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
ROLLASON WINDMOTOR COMPANY
One of their 16 foot models was exhibited, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials. Vertical axis windmill with 6 blades.
RUSSELL & COMPANY
They exhibited a 10 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
SANDERSON, H. P. & COMPANY
Of Bedford, England. They exhibited a 20 foot open back geared model, and a 16 foot rotary drive vertical axis model at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
SYKES, Henry
Of London. He exhibited a 16 foot direct action model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials. The wind wheel was tilted back over the tower at about 15 degrees and had 48 narrow blades held with a steel band around the outside. It utilised a side vane governor. The blades were twisted at 37 degrees at the outside of the wheel and 50 degrees on the inside. The tail was hinged at its centre.
TELFORD, GRIER and McKAY
Glasgow, Scotland firm active in the first few decades of the twentieth century.
- AEROLYTE WINDMILL Made primarily for the generation of electricity, but could have been adapted for pumping. They were made with wind wheels up to 30 foot. Lubricated by a cannister on top of the head. Canted hub shaft but otherwise a conventional wind wheel and tail.
THOMAS & SONS
Of Worcester. Exported to South Africa from about 1904. Appear to have been taken over by STEWARTS & LLOYDS, a South African company in about 1942. The mills were later made (by 1986) by WYATT Bros.
- OPEN GEARED MODEL They exhibited a 16 foot back geared model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials. See - Windmill Display
- 1925 OIL BATH MODEL Apparently available with 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 foot wind wheels. Partially designed in South Africa. The twin gear sets were machine cut. An asbestos mix was used for the brake band liner. Regulated by an offset hub shaft, working against a coil spring. The normal crosshead design used oil rings but an oil pump was tried for a short time.
- 1937 LONG STROKE MODEL Increased the back gearing ratio from the 1925 model. The 6 foot 1925 model was kept on and all other sizes were in the 1937 pattern.
- 1939 MODEL Various changes were made. An oil pump was fitted into a hollow crosshead guide bar. The 6, 8 and 10 foot previous models now had replaceable bearings for the hub shaft, the crosshead was altered to fit the pump rod centrally between the guide rods.
THORNE MARKETING SERVICES LTD.
- see - GB Windpumps
TITT, John Wallis
At Warmister, Wiltshire, England in 1903. He was producing windmills by 1887. Operated into the 1920's.
- IMPERIAL WINDMILL - Direct action They exhibited a 16 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
- IMPERIAL WINDMILL - Back geared They exhibited a 16 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials.
- SIMPLEX DIRECT ACTION WIND ENGINE Available early in the 20th century with 14, 16, 18, 20 and 25 foot wind wheels.
- SIMPLEX GEARED WIND ENGINE A large transitional design windmill which used a separate, either single or double wind wheel tail to keep the machine into the wind. Available with 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 foot wind wheels.
- TITT WIND ENGINE Probably one of the above. They exhibited a 30 foot model, at the 1903 Royal Agricultural Society of England trials. It had 10 foot long, canvas covered adjustable pitch metal sails and a rotary drive mechanism.
- WOODCOCK WINDMILL Direct action windmill available with 10 or 12 foot wind wheels.
TMS
- see - Thorne Marketing Services Ltd
WAKES & LAMB LTD
Founded in Parliament Street, Newark, Notts in 1850 by John WAKES. Sometime later he took his son - in - law, William Henry LAMB into the business and the company became known as Wakes & Lamb. Somewhere between 1897 and 1900 the business shifted to new premises at 64 Millgate, Newark. They produced windmills from at least 1897. Large numbers were exported to Africa etc. In July 1978 the company was sold to TRICOTE Ltd of Gainsborough. The works stayed at the old site in Newark until April 1985. The windmill was still in production at this time and capacity for its continued production was supposed to have been moved to Gainsborough. They however must either have ceased windmill production shortly after or never made them at the new site. The windmill production was taken up by ABACHEM LTD in c1985.
- EARLY MODEL Illustrations of 1897 show what appears to be a multi - slat spoked wind wheel with single arm spokes and a double tail spar. The assumption is that it was a pre oil bath design.
- NEWARK WINDMILL Available with 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 foot wind wheels. Oil bath windmill using a single set of machine cut spur gears, back geared approximately 3 to 1. Power is transferred through a rocker arm activated by a pitman from the main gear. The whole hub shaft assembly can be removed from the windmill without taking down the head. Ball bearings were used for the hub shaft. The wind wheel used flat rings and steel angle spokes. Governing is accomplished with the use of a slightly off centre wind wheel shaft coupled with governing spring attached to a quadrant at the head. The turntable for this mast pipe design uses a ball thrust washer.
WARNER, JOHN & SONS LTD
- see - John Warner & Sons Ltd
WEBSTER, Jonas
Of Bolton, Lancs. Also made a power mill.
- PARAGON WINDMILL Steel mill with conventional wind wheel. The single tapered vane sheet was held between two tail spars.
WYATT BROS
Business in Whitchurch, Salop. Took over the manufacture of CLIMAX windmills from 'THOMAS & SON' sometime around or before 1986.
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GALDAMAEZ
At Zacapa.
- ROPE WINDMILL The technology to produce this windmill was transfered to the company.
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AUREKA
A workshop of the Auroville international township which is located a few kilometres north of Pondicherry . Founded in 1968. Became interested in windmills in 1972 and produced their first prototype in 1979, which led to the c1998 model the AV55 windmill. Both windmills are mounted on free standing tripod towers made of tube in heights from 9 to 23 metres.
- AUROVILLE MULTIBLADE AV45 WINDMILL Smaller version of the AV55 windmill. This direct action windmill has a 4.5 metre wind wheel, 12 blades, an inclined tail gravity operated governing system and a 160mm stroke. Designed to pump water from a maximun of 70 metre depth. In 2001 the wind wheel is listed with 18 blades and a 180mm stroke. The hub shaft and the top of the connecting rod use sealed roller bearings. The bottom of the connecting rod uses a teflon bush, as does the jaw bearing. A sleeve bearing is used for the cross head.
- AUROVILLE MULTIBLADE AV55 WINDMILL By 1998 32 had been produced. It has a 5.6 (sometimes quoted as 5.7) metres wind wheel and is designed to pump water from a maximum of 100 metres depth. In 2001 the wind wheel is listed with 24 blades. The pump stroke in 2001 is given as 160 & 230mm. The hub shaft and the top of the connecting rod use sealed roller bearings. The bottom of the connecting rod uses a teflon bush, as does the jaw bearing. A sleeve bearing is used for the cross head.
BHEL
At Rudrapur in 1993. They developed a direct action model.
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & RURAL TECHNOLOGY
Formerly known as the ALLHABAD POLYTECHNIC. In 1979, as the Polytechnic, a workshop was inaugurated to improve the design of the 12-PU-500 windmill. The 12-PU-500 was later known as the APOLY 12-PU-500 windmill.
- APOLY-12-PU-500 Direct action with side vane developed by the Institute of Engineering & Rural Technology of Allahabad. They appear to have been actually manufactured by the Institute of Engineering [IOE].
NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY
- WP2 WINDMILL Developed by the National Aeronautical Laboratory of Bangalore. A self oiling, direct action design with a 16 foot wind. Governing by gravity action on the tail. By 1966 some 70 of these had been produced before production ceased.
NEBULAR POWER EQUIPMENTS PTY LTD
Shree 496/A Kasba Peth, Pune.
NEPC
Madras. Operating in 1993.
- GREEN REV WINDMILL Conventional gearbox windmill.
OM ENGINEERING WORKS
Outside Ganga Cate, Ambaji Road, Anjar, Kachchh. They were operational in 1976.
- NITYANAND MULTI-BLADE WINDMILL Oil-bath design with gearbox. Uses a mechanical brake. Various models. The c1998 model had a 3 metre wind wheel.
ORGANISATION OF THE RURAL POOR
Ghaziapur.
- 12-PU-500 WINDMILL Developed in co-operation with the Dutch TOOL Foundation. Early models up to c1985 were unreliable.
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY
Manufacturing in Madras in 1993 with an arrangment with W.D.Moore of Western Australia to manufacture the Yellowtail windmill.
VAIUNTH ENER TEK P. LTD
Address c1995 2/8 Golden Avenu Ext, Vijajanager, Vellachery, Channai-42, Tamil Nadu India.
WIND FAB
Operational in Coimbatore in 1993.
- BLUE VANE WINDMILL Geared windmill with 2.5 and 3 metre wind wheels.
WIND MACHINES DIVISION, AUTO SPARES INDUSTRIES
- D.W.400G WINDMILL Double geared, walking beam design. Developed by Wind Machines Division, Auto Spares Industries, Pondicherry.
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In 1993 mention is made of work carried out in a program managed by the 'National Institute for Aeronautics and Space [LAPAN].
- SM-03 WINDMILL In production in 1993.
- SM-05 WINDMILL In production in 1993.
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SOUTHERN STEEL COMPANY
A product of the Irish free state in Kilkenny.
- BALLYHALE WINDMILL Side vane governed, mounted on a pylon tower. Paddle type blades with bracing.
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TOZZI & BARDI
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BOB HARRIES ENGINEERING
Manufacturer at Thika.
- IT WINDMILL Made under licence. See - INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP. Manufactured commercially from 1979.
- KIJITO WINDMILL Designed by Intermediate Technology in Britain. Developed from the IT windmill.
PWANI
A small family business which the founder Mr SODHA began in 1972. By 1999 they had produced over 160 windmills. Most of these windmills had 14 foot wind wheels.
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GARZAMOTOR
Address in 2006 at Porfirio Diaz 411 Norte C.P. 66600 Apodaca, Nueuo Leon Mexico.
- HERCULES Available as 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 ft models. Twin geared oilbath windmill with cast gearbox.
MOLINOS DE VIENTO, S.A.
Apparently founded by USA interests.
- MOVISA WINDMILL This appears to be an Aermotor copy
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CENTRE DE ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES
In c1993 was co-operating with CWD on the 5.0 metre 'Atlas' windmill.
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GAZA PROVINCE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
They were manufacturing about 50 units a year of the CWD 2740 windmill design in the early 1990's.
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C W D [CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN WIND ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES]
Developed from SWD in the mid 1980's. They developed a number of small mills to be manufactured by local companies in Cape Verde, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tunisia and Zambia etc. By the time of the withdrawal of the support of the Dutch Government in July 1990 about 500 mills had been constructed in the various countries.
- CWD 2000 2 metre wind wheel direct action mull. 6 blades.
- CWD 5000 5 metre wind wheel direct action mill. 8 blades.
FA. GEBR. BAKKER
- RECORD WINDMILL Appears to be a conventional design windmill which furled to the right.
- TYPE 1 The illustrated model has 4 paddle style blades, braced near the hub for a wind wheel, a conventional looking tail and in addition a side vane. The tower shown is a braced pole design.
LMW WINDENERGY B.V.
Existed in 1983. Address = Lijnbaanstraat 1A, 9711 RT, Groningen.
- 1003 WINDMILL Wind generator with pumping package. 3 metre wind wheel with 3 blades.
- 2500 WINDMILL Wind generator with pumping package. 5 metre wind wheel with 3 blades.
PEIRSHIL
- BOSMAN WINDMILL Small windmill with 4 paddle blades and a conventional tail using a single spar with hanging brace.
S W D
Developed in 1975 as a steering committee for windmill use in developing countries. It was funded by the 'Netherlands Ministry for Development Co-operation and was a joint activity of the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Twente University of Technology and DHV consultants. The name changed to 'Consultancy Services in Wind energy for Developing countries' [CWD] in the mid 1980's.
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- IT WINDMILL Made under licence by an unknown manufacturer.
ALKATBU TECHNOLOGIES LTD
No 18 Abu Bakar Tafawea, Balewa Road, Bauchi City, Bauchi State.
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MERIN (PVT) LTD
LA/8A, Block 22 Federal B Area, Karachi. Their address c1995 was Dada Chambers, M A Jinnah Rd, Karachi.
- TAWANA WINDMILL Made in 1993 at least with 6 and 7.5 metre wind wheels. Based on the IT windmill. They have exported them to Nigeria and the Middle East.
- POLDAW WINDMILL Made under licence. Known in 1997,1998. See - NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
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- MIRAMAR WINDMILL Wooden 6 metre windmill. 1000+ operational in 1993.
- SEGOVIA WINDMILL Metal gearbox type windmill with 2.8 metre wind wheel. Available in 1993.
FACOGSA S. R. L.
Active in 1993 at Jr. Horacio Patino 196, Urb Latino, Chiclayo, Peru.
- ALBORADA WINDMILL Direct action mill with 4.5 metre wind wheel and 8 blades.
MATTO
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JOVER LIGHT INDUSTRIES
Run in 1999 by Hector JOVER on the island of Iliolo.
- JB - 150 WINDMILL In c1999 larger bearings were used for the hub shaft.
REYMILL STEEL PRODUCTS
Manufacturer at Sta Rosa.
- REYMILL WINDMILL Developed by Felipe T. REYES in 1963. Geared design.
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LVCA
Italian company which introduced the Tozzi e Bardi windmill. Hundreds had been produced by 1998.
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KOSTER, Friedrick
German import. Manufactured by Friedrick KOSTER in Heide, Holstein.
- ADLER WINDMILL Marketed in South Africa by P ANDRAG & SONS of Cape Town. It resembled an Aermotor windmill but had various distinguishing features such as the design of the main casting around the hub shaft.
AERMOTOR
American import. Some agents were LLOYDS & Company of Burg St, Cape Town who were advertising them by 1896 and Poynton Brothers of Pretoria who were advertising them by 1901. LLOYDS continued as agents until the second world war but after WWII 'P ANDRAG and Sons of Cape Town took over the agency. They sold the agency to 'Kenhardt Koop Vleisproduseerders'.
ANDRAG, P. & SONS
Of Belville. Agents for many years for Aermotor in the USA.
- AERMOTOR WINDMILL In 1964 they began manufacturing two Aermotor models under licence. One of these models was the 8 ft Aermotor. They ceased production in 1973 because they could not compete with the Argentine Aermotor.
APEX GROUP
A group of companies which included President Engineering in the 1980's and handled the ELLISTRAS windmill.
CLOETE, Gert
Designed by.
- ODETTE WINDMILL Manufactured in Potgietersrus. About 200 were made before it was decided that production was uneconomic.
CUNNINGHAM & GEARING
The company started in Cape Town in 1876 as 'Cunningham Gearing general engineering. They operated the Atlas Works. In 1943 they sold their engineering works to Gerrie VAN ZYL and Frederick JAMESON operating as 'Gearing & Jameson Ltd.'.
- GEARING WINDMILL These windmills came into production before 1910.
DU PLESSIS, Louis
Born in 1896.
- GEARLESS PUMP WINDMILL Invented the windmill about 1930 and manufactured it on his farm in the Krugersdorp District selling in the local area.
ELLIS, Giel
A South African farmer who developed his windmill about 1979/80.
- ELLISRAS WINDMILL Rotary drive design employing chains, sprockets and bevel gearing. Designed to drive a helical rotor pump. A clutch was included in the vertical drive shaft.
GEARING
Of Cape Town. See 'Cunningham & Gearing'.
GEARING & JAMESON LTD
Bought 'Cunningham & Gearing' out in 1943 but continued to sell windmills until at least 1956.
KALAMAZOO TANK AND SILO COMPANY
- MANVEL WINDMILL American import. This windmill appears to have been manufactured over time by various incarnations of the same company. One of these changes occurred in 1904 and therefore this may not have been the exact company title used when the ironmonger Charles E. GEARD as sole South African agent sold them from his shop on the Market Square of Graffe-Reinet pre 1905.
LEAD COPPER & IRON WORKS
Robert KEARNS of 8 Church Square, Cape Town. Advertised a self regulating wind pumping engine in 1861. It was on a 15 foot teak frame.
LEERS H. M.
Cape Town company which imported the HERCULES windmill from the UK.
L. M. & GATELY ENGINEERING WORKS
In 1942 Johannes LAMBINON [L] went into partnership with Martin HORNEMANN [M] to create 'L M Engineering Co' of Bloemfontein. This became the 'L M & Gately Engineering Works who improved the design. They claimed to have sold mills into South Africa, West Africa, the Rhodesia's, Kenya, Nigeria, the Congo, Portugese East Africa and even overseas. The company was absorbed by a heavy engineering group and the windmill discontinued.
- SPRINGBOK WINDMILL Designed by Johannes LAMBINON. Manufactured from 1942 to the 1960's. Double geared, with a walking beam.
MALCOMES
An East London firm which manufactured windmills in their Buffalo Engineering Works in Jacobs, Natal in the 1940's.
- BUFFALO WINDPUMP This double geared machine appears to be a copy of the 'United States Wind Engines Co's" 'ACE' windmill.
MIDKAAP INGENIEURSWERKE
Of Middleburg.
- M &S ROTOR WINDPUMP From a design by the SCHOOMEE's. They called it the self govern pump' and a demonstration model was made c1980. This became the M &S Rotor Windpump. A relatively conventional wind wheel drove a rotor monopump. Governing was engineered by an offset hubshaft which tended to furl the tail to the right from the rear.
PRESIDENT ENGINEERING
Part of the APEX GROUP. Manufacturer at Vereeniging, Transvaal.
- VETSAK WINDMILL Paddle bladed, gearless design operated by a cam action.
SOUTHERN CROSS SOUTH AFRICA
Has been selling their Southern Cross and some Climax windmills to their distributor in America. O'Brock Windmills, 9435 12th Street, North Benton, Ohio 4449, USA, has been owned and operated by Ken and Sharen O'Brock since 1968.
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SOUTHERN CROSS WINDMILL AND ENGINE COMPANY
Of Bloemfontein. They started importing SOUTHERN CROSS windmills from Australia in 1939. Local production was phased in from 1951.
SCHOOMEE, Izak Daniel Johannes [1897 - ] and son A [1927 - ]
Of Vriesfontein in the Middleburg district. Izak invented one of the first South African wind generators. Father and son worked together and created several wind powered machines. One was made of woolsacks on a steel frame. See - MIDKAAP INGENIERSWERKE.
STEWARTS & LLOYDS
They became agents for the British firm of 'THOMAS & SON' makers of the 'CLIMAX' windmill shortly after World War 1.
- CLIMAX WINDMILL The first windmill was manufactured under licence at their Vereeniging works in 1942. By 1974 they had manufactured over 150,000 units. By 1996 they had made over 200,000 windmills. See - Windmill Display
TURBEX WIND TURBINES PTY LTD
- TURBEX WIND TURBINE Made in Harrowsmith, South Africa. Development began in the late 1970's. Approaches had been made to the Australian market in 1997. They were a conventional looking windmill which used a rotary drive and could be quickly uncoupled at ground level to attach to a motor. Designed for a relatively high wind speed and were quoted as being able to survive winds of 150 km/h. Available with wind wheels of 2.4, 3.3, 4.6, 5.5 and 7.8 metres diameter in 1997
UNITED STATES WIND ENGINE AND PUMP COMPANY
American import.
- HALLADAY STANDARD WINDMILL One of these was imported into Hopetown in 1874.
WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
American import.
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BORNAY, J.
Address in 2006 03420 at Castalla (Alicante), Espana.
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Mills appear to be Aermotor clones. Available in windwheel sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.
- AEROMOTOR Geared oil bath windmill which appears to be a AERMOTOR [USA] copy. Available with 1.8, 2.4, 3, 3.6, 4.2 and 4.8 wind wheels. All models have 18 blades.
FIGUERDA, J.
Of Valencia.
- TYPE 1 WINDMILL Had an open, back geared windmill c1910.
MOLINS DE VENT TARRAGO
Founded and owned by Josep Tarrago Vilarrubi. They made their first windmill in 1983 [the M2609 with a 2.6 metre wind wheel], and in 1984 went into commercial production. In 1990 4 models became available and the company expanded their sales to the other Spanish provinces. In 1995 the company entered the international market. A 10 metre mill was erected in 1997. Address = Raval Santa Anna, 30 - 32, Mont Blanc - Tarragona, Spain. They manufacture one basic design in a series of sizes. M-1806 = 1.8 metres, M-3009 = 3 metres, M-4012 = 4 metres, M-5015 = 5 metres, M-7015 = 7 metres.
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- WEU-1/3 WINDMILL Suffered from reliability problems. Locally produced probably c1987.
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USA INDUSTRIAL FACTORY
Manufacturer in Bangkok.
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SEN
Manufacturing in c1993.
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Address = 2131/A Sok. No:6 D.3 Bayrakly/YZMYR.
- GENBA WINDY WINDMILL This is the POLDAW windmill made under licence. Available c2001.
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- CHAYKA WINDMILL Standard double geared oil-bath windmill with a caste aluminium gearbox.
- V T L - 3 WINDMILL Rotary drive design. The wind wheel blades were fitted behind the rings.
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ANNEVOR SYSTEMS
This appears to be a later name for HUBERT DAVIES. [c1998] Address c1995 was 61b Prices Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
DRIEFONTEIN MISSION
Manufactured in the metal workshop of the mission at Mwuva.[or Mvuma].
- CWD2740 WINDMILL Made under licence to CWD in the [Netherlands????]. Production started 1987 and still producing in 1997. [Made 11 windmills in that time] They produced 2 models. One for 6 metre depths and one for 20 metre depths.
HUBERT DAVIES LTD
12 Highfield Road, Southerton, Harare.
- POLDAW WINDMILL Made under licence. See - NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Commenced production December 1994 and still being manufactured in 1998.
SHEET METAL KRAFT [SMK]
In 1993 they were manufacturing a 3.6 metre wind wheel with 18 blades. It used ball and roller bearings and a fabricated gearbox.
STEWARTS & LLOYDS
Manufacturer of windmills in Leopold Takawira St, Harare.
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