Antique 1890’s 12 Backus Water Non-Electric Motor Brass Fan. Very Rare Circa 1890’s Backus Water Motor Fan. In The Late 1800’s Backus Was A Manufacture of Water Motors For All Applications. The “Motor” Was a New Invention During This Period So Motors Were Being Adapted to Any Device That Was Previously Cranked By Hand Or Tredel. Backus Manufactured Many Belt Drive Ceiling Fans That Would Have Been Powered By A Water Motor. This “Desk” Model Was Quite Possibly Backus’s First Venture Into A 12 Table Fan. Water Motors Are A Joy to Watch And Just Think About Its Rich History. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. The item “Antique 1890’s 12 Backus Water Non-Electric Motor Brass Fan” is in sale since Wednesday, December 4, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Electric Fans”. The seller is “antiquefanparts_dot_com” and is located in Hickory, North Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.