Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

A very early Direct Stroke Woodmanse came on this, Woodmanses are not common here, I wouldn't have any others to compare it to but its a pretty nice tower, I liked how you could tighten the rod braces, one end has a loop and the other is threaded so you can draw this with a nut and pretty nice castings for the mast pipe also. Ladder is kind of lacking luster but its all pretty straight so I am fairly happy. If you know what I got I would enjoy hearing, thanks

The top casting and storm stay look just like what was on a tower I picked up last year. Can't find posting where i posted my question, but it seems to ring a bell where someone said Woodmanse.

Thanks Wayne, I assumed it was since it didn't look like any of the normal breeds I see and it had a Woodmanse on it but you never know?

That does not look like the typical Woodmanse tower. Nothing about it says Woodmanse. But if it is, it is.

Well, when I found it, it was married to a Woodmanse so no reason to divorce and remarry at its age!

haha. Down here you might find one original tower/ mill to every 10 hybrids.

Most all Woodsmanse towers have real close girt spacing near the top but then if it's an early version maybe not.

Found the top cap that was on my tower It is a three leg and it has 85 on one corner looking at the top. Hard to see you might look closly at yours. I'm sure it would be different since yours is a 4 legger, I'm just wondering if the number is there

The tower cap on a woodmanse i had could be used four post or three post towers (oil bath model)

I am going to have to go out and look for numbers or if it could be used for 3 legs. It has rained almost every day since the fair so its a muddy mess today. Thanks everyone.