Was this from a windmill?

[windybob]

If it has the inside corner (triangle cast blocks) and heavy 1/2 inch bolts thru them, its a Woodmanse. However the top 1/4 of the tower does not have the extra girts.....so....

[NV-WindmillProject]

Hi everyone it's been a while since I posted on this thread, but I recently saw this photo of Jacobs wind generators... and now I'm thinking it's a Jacobs wind generator tower

Here are 2 photos for comparison:

Pete_01.jpg

photo from Wincharger.com --> Rusty Treasures

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my photo

[Ron Stauffer]

Venn
The left standing tower in the two standing tower pic is likely an Aermotor tower. Notice the corner ladder steps and the 7' tower sections compared to the 5' section tower that is next to it. The Jakes I have run across still in off grid use were on windmill towers that were 5' sections. Some references say Jacobs built their own towers and others say they were contracted out.

Woodmanse built towers for Fritchie wind generator and possibly Jacobs if they did contract out. Wind generator manufacturers did build stubs to adapt to towers same as windmill manufacturers. The tower top next to the one close the house pic could probably be either electric or water. Pic isnt great but that looks a concrete pad in tower base which would hint that it was for water.

Ron Stauffer

[NV-WindmillProject]

Thanks for the info Ron