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~~6' Samson~~
N36* 11.247
W101* 12.365
This is a 6' Samson open double back geared steel mill on a wood tower.
Location: SPWA Park
This mill was made by the Stover Co. of Freeport, Illinois in 1900. Ila Mae's father put it up on the Pierce farm for her grandmother in 1916. Later it was moved to the J.B. Buchanan farm and rebuilt. It was taken down and rebuilt by the SPWA, and put back up on J.B.'s farm on July 25th, 2001. J.B. said the Samson was his pick of the windmills when he was a boy. After J.B.'s death, the family consented for the mill to be moved to the SPWA park where the J.B. Buchanan windmill collection is located.
No adopter.
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