barn find 2

Mike Stockwell · Jun 17, 2012

here is a couple of more items found in a barn that i would like any information on if someone knows something about them. One is an Enterprise grist mill with a 1050 on it and a number 23215. the other appears to be a Dempster deep well pump jack. It has 7dw with the number 55 on it. I looked online but can find only minimal information on these two items, any help with history and use would be helpful. Thanks.

Janicholson · Jun 17, 2012

The electrifcation of the rural US and Canada was in full swing in the mid 1930s. Farm water was pumped by windmill or hand power as a matter of course. The advent of pump jacks allowed the continued use of pump rods and submerged pumping systems (cylinders and pistons with leathers, at the bottom of the well) the Jack was powered by electric motors providing water far more reliably than wind. Aermotor was another common brand that also (and still) makes windmills. Jim

Mike Stockwell · Jun 17, 2012

thanks a lot. appreciate the info.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 17, 2012

The "grist mill", kinda looks like an old coffee grinder, from the general store.

JerryS · Jun 17, 2012

I think you're right, Dave.

Billy Shafer · Jun 17, 2012

The grist mill. Looks a lot like the coffee grinder my uncle had in his store.

jackinok · Jun 18, 2012

My question would be ,WHOS BARN????I assure you I mean no offense,but its always thrown up a red flag to me,when folks say they "found" something in an old barn... lots of folks running around these days who have the attitude that just because something is unused its fair game..theres absolutly NOTHING you could possibly find ANYWHERE,OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE that doesnt belong to someone!!! theft is becoming a bigger problem each day,I for one am tired of it,and wont even bother talking anymore, I'll shoot over their head once,if they are not running by the time i reload,they get a load of bird shot and rock salt. And last 2 loads are 00 buck. Please dont come hunting "barn finds" around here,all my barns are old,but that dont mean they are abandoned,or that they wont be defended even if they are empty.just saying,if you are doing things legally,get a note from the owner of the barn,it could save your life if a persons folks,or neighbors show up and they dont know you.Nice "finds" by the way

Mike Stockwell · Jun 18, 2012

Don't worry, it was in my mother in law's barn and it was the first time i went in it in 10 years. She just asked that we take what we wanted as she was going to have the rest hauled off as scrap.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 22, 2012

The big item is a well pump jack. I pulled one out of an old well on my place. The jack had a 40 foot wooden pole reaching into the well. At the end was a leather piston that pushed the water up the wellshaft to a low pressure tank. An old electric motor powered the jack by a big flat belt.

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