Pawnee Bill Ranch - Windmill and Tower #1

[PaulV]

Hoping you all could help me verify the identify of a small windmill and tower on the Pawnee Bill Ranch in Pawnee, Oklahoma.

I should've taken a few pics of the head, but figured I could identify by just the sails and tail. I think it's a 6' Freeman single gear (Sears and Roebuck Kenwood).

I believe the tower is a Freeman also. Interesting that the tower is secured to the slab using rebar welded to the legs.

[CTXmiller]

I’d agree with Freeman on the wheel and vane.

[Wayne]

Yeah the wheel looks like the Freeman I just sold.

[windybob]

The wheel and clips look like IXL to me.. Freeman Clippers wheels had solid sheet metal clips with a large hole in them. Not long ago I listed some wheel parts that look like those, and they turned out to be IXL.

Tell me I'm not losing my mind.

[Wayne]

I think you are good Wndy. Now that I look at a picture of the book I had for Freeman it shows clips like you say, solid with the hole!

[PaulV]

After reviewing this thread from 2019, I'm hanging my hat on Freeman (Kenwood).

https://vintagewindmillforum.com/viewto ... 4&start=10