Monitor W-Series Windmill
The Monitor W Series windmills were manufactured into the 1960's. They remain among the more frequently seen American windmills. Examples with the "vertical" vane are seen much more often than are examples of the earlier style.
Often one spots these mills bearing the vane inscription, "David Bradley." These are W Series windmills made by the Baker Manufacturing Company under contract to Sears, Roebuck, and Company for distribution by that Chicago based mail order catalogue house, and they are identical in all ways except vane inscription to the mills sold by the manufacturer.
Many of the W Series mills seen in the field today are still in service providing water to livestock or homes even at this time.
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D200, f/11 @ 200 mm, 1/500, ISO 400, No Flash
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