Windmill Wheel Identification Help

[donswindmills]

Gentlemen,

This is my first post on this forum. A long time ago, I saw that you guys mentioned my grandpa's passing as one of the old windmillers. His name was Don Cote. I took over Don's Windmills back in 2010, and also own Windmill Ceiling Fans of Texas. I have a customer that has a wheel with no hub, and for the first time, even with the Field Guide to American Windmills, I'm having a hard time figuring out what brand this is. It's an 8', but it has 15 blades. It's located in Midlothian, Texas, which makes me lean toward the Monitor or the Fairbanks Morse. I think I've narrowed it down to:

1) Monitor W Series
2) Ideal Steel (Stover Manufacturing Company)
3) Beatty Pumper (not likely)
4) Fairbanks Morse

Any help would really be appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

James C. McKendree
Don's Windmills
Windmill Ceiling Fans of Texas

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[Peter vk]

It's definitely not a Beatty Pumper
Peter

[windybob]

Not a Monitor. Wrong rotation, and clips not on the front. Long clips resemble Woodmanse or certain F/M wheels. Woodmanse made mills for F/M towards the end of both companies. I think 8 ft Ideal Steel wheels were all 6 section.

[Wayne]

Dempster made a 5 section. Yeah I'm thinking Dempster

[donswindmills]

Thanks guys- the only reason I didn't consider Dempster is that I've never seen a Dempster wheel without a bead roll at the end. The Beatty Pumper, from what I understood, were rare here in Texas anyway, so that makes sense. Looking closer at the Woodmanse in the manual, that looks like it's the closest. I appreciate it!

[windybob]

Not a Dempster. Totally wrong sail clips.

[CTXmiller]

I have one section, I think is similar clip-wise to what James posted. This section is hanging in my shop. I never could determine the manufacturer/model either.

I give up tryIng to rotate the photo.

[rockingjl]

not sure at all but that looks kinda like a Stover Samson sail clip

[Smax]

Don't see the point on the clip for the ideal steel

[Smax]

Ctxmillers photo Def looks like Stover sampson