1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
179 
no MILES OF 
STEEL TOWERS 
iHE largest order ever placed for Steel Towers has 
just been executed by the Aermotor Company, 
Chicago. The order was for 1,200 steel towers to 
support large electric cables. These towers are to be erected 
in the interior of Mexico, to carry electricity from an im¬ 
mense water power plant up to the mines over 100 miles distant. 
The order for these towers came to the Aermotor Company un¬ 
solicited. The reputation of the Aermotor Company for building 
the best steel towers, for windmill and other purposes, brought 
them this unusual order. When the engineering and mining xop of tower 
experts, who were placing the contract, were making up their Mter the test, 
specifications for these towers, they found no place in the construction of 
the Aermotor tower where they could suggest improvement. The sizes of 
some of the parts were changed to meet their particular needs, but the 
design of the towers remained precisely the same as the Aermotor Com¬ 
pany perfected it years ago. 
It was of very great importance to the company buying these towers to secure the greatest 
possible strength with the least material. The towers were to be placed about 500 feet apart. 
The weight of the long span of cables would be a very heavy load, to say nothing of the enormous 
side strain which might come upon the towers. Then, too, the contingency of one or more of the 
cables breaking, and throwing unequal strain upon different parts of the towers, had to be con¬ 
sidered. The Aermotor Company guaranteed these towers to stand until the 3-inch, extra strong 
wrought iron pipe in the top should bend over. They stood this very severe test without the 
least indication of buckling in any part of the tower. 
The item of freight was another important consideration. These towers, 
as built by the Aermotor Company, made over 75 carloads. No other concern 
could have furnished towers of anything like the same strength with less than 
100 cars of material. The Aermotor Company has a very great advantage over 
all others in the manufacture of steel towers. 
It was the first in the field, and had all the 
most vital features fully covered by patents 
before competitors were through laughing 
at the idea of a steel tower. The Aermotor 
tower was designed by mechanical ex^Derts 
who knew what points were essential to secure the greatest strength with the least material. 
The tops of the corner posts of the Aermotor towers are dovetailed into each other 
and securely clamped together. This makes them as solid as though they were welded 
into a single piece. This patented device in the Aermoter tower brings all of the strain 
directly upon the corner posts where it belongs. The braces and girts have nothing to 
do but to hold the corners in line. Because other makers are not able to adopt this 
feature, they are compelled touse a large amount of extra material in their towers, and 
even then their towers are not so strong. Weight often indicates weakness rather than 
strength. All the weight not needed serves only to bring additional strain upon the part.: 
which must bear it. 
The best steel tower, like the best bicycle, is the one Avhich secures the greatest 
strength with the least possible material. The Aermotor tower is strong, safe and 
durable. Every pound of steel which is put into it is used to the best advantage. A 
tower twice as heavy, but poorly constructed, would be weaker. 
The tower is a very important consideration in buying a windmill outfit. If the 
tower goes down, the best windmill will be worthless. 
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AERMOTOR CO.. 1206 12th St., CHICAGO 
Testing the tower. 
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Everything that needs to be done to a 
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Combined Hill artd Drill Seed¬ 
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Cultivator and Plow. 
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109 & 111 Warren Street, New Yiirk. 
Established 1884. 
Ettrctwi: 
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