Is this a duplex tower?

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Mike Hage
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Is this a duplex tower?

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Mike that looks like my Duplex hardware. Except for the 3rd piece down the big hole mine doesn't have that.
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No, not a Duplex tower. Duplex did not use twisted wire for cross braces. Also the top five feet of the corner angles where more parallel and then flared out. This was done so the wheel sections would clear the tower when out of the wind (folded in). Attached are pictures of Duplex towers all taken by me and all within 15 miles of Superior, Wisconsin where they were built...
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Mike, Just noticed that you're located in BC. There was a Canadian copy of the Duplex made at one time, maybe thats what you have. I don't remember as good as I used to and to find where I have that material is probably just as hard. But I think it was called a Brantford, maybe Peter can enlighten us on that...
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Here are a couple of scans I took out of one of my Beatty books, the Duplex was sold here in Canada by Goold Shapley & Muir and later by Beatty. It was called the Brantford Vaneless.
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Goold Shapley & Muir towers typically have this pump rod guide bracket, I think yours has it so its probably a GSM tower
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Mike Hage
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So its likely a GS&M tower built for a Canadian Duplex?
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This is a Duplex im after. Different tower tho. Is this the factory tower?
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WOw, that's really nice!
Call Dan Benjamin for parts. P M me for the phone number.
Mike Hage
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Ya but the location is totally wrong. It would look even nicer all restored, pumping water in front of my house!
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