What model of mill

[joe herman]

Found this mill on abandoned farm.Stenciling on vane shows
Flint and Walling,Mfg.Kendallville.Can not find anything like this
in my books.Any idea?

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[billcobb]

Looks like a Car-Heart. Made from a car or truck rear end. With a cable parking brake action.

[Bryon]

I bet it is a power mill.

[pcowley (RIP)]

Car-Heart !

[joe herman]

Thanks.I thought that it was not factory.It was very cold and windy
the day I took the pictures and did not spend much time there.
I found the sails behind the building.Couple leaning against a wall but rest
are buried under years of dead grass and other material.Did not attempt to
extract any as there had been a fresh wet snow fall and things were
frozen down.Going to be spring before can find out what all survived
the many years.Also have to find out who owns the place.I would very
much like to salvage the mill and maybe get it up and working again

[windybob]

Sure looks like a rear-end. But then again, I have no idea what kind of mills might appear from the dark crevices of history up there north of the border.

[Todd]

Joe: I don't think the Flint & Walling vane is correct for the mill, but it looks like it could be a Heinz windmill built in LeDuc Alberta. I have a picture of one and the mainframe looks like it could be the same. If it is a Heinz, it would have had a football shaped counterweight instead of the vane. I will see if I can find some pictures and post them.

Edit: After studying those pictures in more detail, I believe that is a homebuilt mill. If you look close you can see the brake backing plate is still there along with a spring perch right behind it. Looks like the skinny rods going up to the hub were probably actuating a brake mechanism. And like someone mentioned, it was probably a power mill.

[joe herman]

Todd you could be right about the mill being built in Leduc.That town near Edmonton is only about
150 miles from the mill.I got a hold of the present new owner and they have no interest in
dealing with me until next March.Asked them to give me first chance at purchasing.
I indicated to them that it was not a pumping windmill and not to advertise it as such.
The mill is about 30 miles from me and plan to have a better look with binoculars.

[Ron Stauffer]

I am chuckling at Todd's reference. Having grown up in the shadows of the Heinz food company headquarters, things like this in our area were referred to as "Heinz 57" meaning made up of lots of different parts. So yes it is a Heinz 57.

Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO