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Restored State Implements Baby windmill at the Morawa Museum
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Baby windmill
1920 - 1928Overview
An open-geared, back-geared windmill used for pumping water from a bore, well or dam for livestock and domestic use on farms.
Historical information
In the 1920s the State Implement and Engineering Works of WA launched a new windmill on the market. This, the six foot (1.8 metre) ‘Baby Windmill’, came accompanied by advertising material declaring its price tag of 38 pounds as offering “the cheapest mill on the market”. “Every farmer carrying stock, which are depending on water from dams, should install one of these,” reads one ad and, “there is wonderful value in this offer,” declares another sales letter. These windmills sold from 1920 to 1928.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-196-wand-003
Item type
Themes
Material
Width
6 ft
Height or length
15 ft
Inscriptions and markings
The word "BABY" is stencilled onto one side of the tail vane. The other side has "State Implement & Eng. Works" stencilled onto it in black lettering.
Keywords
Place made
Rocky Bay
Western Australia
Australia
Western Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Public Location
Morawa Museum front yard
