Ranch Windmill- Oakley, Kansas.
Posted by: misfitt
N 38° 53.990 W 100° 51.165
14S E 339335 N 4307292
This ranch windmill is located about 16-miles south of Oakley Kansas right beside US-83.
Waymark Code: WM3K0T
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2008
Views: 38
This working windmill is an example of many windmills in the Great Plains states of the American “West.”. This area lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada area and covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. Most of them are working windmills to pump water for cattle in the prarie areas where water is scarce as this windmill is.
Purpose: Water Pumping
Open to the public: yes
Is This Windmill Functional?: Yes!
Windmill Farm: no
Museum on Site: no
Date of Manufacture: Not listed
Cost: Not Listed
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