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Description:
Yellow- and Red-painted "Barnacle Eye" Rooster Windmill Weight, Elgin Wind Power and Pump Company, Elgin, Illinois, c. 1880, mounted on a metal stand, overall ht. 18, lg. 17 1/2 in.
Literature: For a similar example, see Windmill Weights, by Milt Simpson, Johnson and Simpson, New Jersey, 1985, p. 56.
Estimate $600-800
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Pump Company, Johnson, Milt SimpsonStephen L. Fletcher
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