Metters Type K Windmill Head
c. 1940This is a Type K Metters windmill head that was used in the Busselton area in the 1940s. The windmill would have been constructed by a well and the power generated used to pump the water from the well.
Metters was an Australian company established in Adelaide in 1891 who were best known for their patented ‘top-fire’ wood stoves but they also manufactured farm equipment like wind pumps.
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The Type K was originally designed to fill a demand for an efficient low-price windmill. It was first produced in 1934. According to Metters in their 1944 catalogue “Subsequent improvements and additions have placed this mill above comparison with ordinary low-priced mills, but the enormous demand has enabled us to maintain low production costs, with the result that prices are competitive in the low-price field."
The Type K windmill was manufactured in sizes 5, 6, 8, and 1Oft wind wheels.
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Busselton Historical Society
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