2 EA. 1898, FT WORTH TEXAS BILLHEADS LETTERHEADS AERMOTOR (WINDMILL) CO. ORIGINAL. 2 PCS
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The Aermotor Windmill Company, or Aermotor Company, is an American manufacturer of wind-powered water pumps. The widespread use of their distinctive wind pumps on ranches throughout the arid plains and deserts of the United States has made their design a quintessential image of the American West.
La Verne Noyes, founder of Aermotor Windmill Company, had
hired engineer Thomas O. Perry for a different job but saw the potential of the
all-metal windpump developed by Perry after extensive experiments. The first
Aermotor was sold in 1888, with 24 windmills in total being sold in the first
year. Aermotor soon became a strong competitor among its contemporaries selling
over 20,000 of its windmills by 1892. Over the next 30 years Aermotor grew and
expanded, introducing accessories and variants on "the mathematical
windmill."
La Verne Noyes died in 1919. He left the Aermotor Company to
a tax paying trust, with 48 colleges and universities as beneficiaries.
Aermotor continued to innovate and manufacture windmills
throughout World War II and helped to produce the top secret Norden bombsight.
During the latter part of the century ownership of the
Aermotor Company changed hands and had its operation moved and expanded to new
venues, including the country of Argentina; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Brentwood,
Missouri; and Conway, Arkansas. By 1981, 80% of all windmills manufactured in
The United States had their genesis in Conway. In 1998 Aermotor was purchased
by Kees Verheul, as owner and president. It now operates from a
40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) facility in San Angelo, Texas. In 2006, the
company was purchased by a group of West Texas ranchers, and the name restored
to its original from 1888..."The Aermotor Company".
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