Turn of the last century (1890-1900), three-legged Woodmanse Mfg Co / Freeport, Ill salesman sample windmill, measuring appx 29" high. Appears fully functional though a few of the blades are slightly bent The Woodmanse steel windmills are probably the most common of the products from the Woodmanse Manufacturing Company that can trace their origins to the early history of this important windmill company at Freeport, Illinois. Intro?duced in the early 1890s, they remained on the market into the 1930s.