Adrian - yes, an entire issue of MATERIAL CULTURE (Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring
1992) was devoted to Windmills and Domestic Tankhouses.  Articles include:
 
-Windmills in American Agriculture, by Allen G. Noble
-The Domestic Tankhouse as Vernacular Architecture in Rural California, by
Leon S. Pitman
-Tankhouses on the High Plains of Western Kansas and Easatern Colorado, by
Robert B. Kent
-Tankhouse in Nebraska: Distribution, Construction Styles and Use, by Aaron
S. Boucher and Robert B. Kent
-Running Water in Paradise: The adoption and Diffusion of Domestic Tankhouses
in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley, by Katie Thorsheim
-Historic Context for the Presence and Absence of Tankhouse in Ohio, by Glen
A. Harper.
 
Also there is:
 
A Field Guide to American Windmills, by Lindsay T. Baker.  University of
Oklahoma Press, 1985.
 
Evolution of the American Windmill: A Study in Diffusion and Modification, by
Terry G. Jordan, in  "Pioneer America" 5(2):3-12.
 
Windmills in Texas, by Terry G. Jordan, in "Agricultural History" 37:80-85.
 
The Windmill in California, by Roger S. Manning, in "Journal of the West"
14:33-39.
 
Windmills and Tankhouses in California, by Roger S. Manning, Master of Arts
Thesis, University of California, Davis.
 
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Mike Polk
Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants
Ogden, Utah