Ranch Windmill - Deer Trail, Colorado.
Posted by: misfitt
N 39° 35.551 W 104° 01.877
13S E 583179 N 4382980
This windmill is located right beside I-70 about 2-miles west of Deer Trail, about 40-miles west of Denver (E-470).
Waymark Code: WM3K13
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2008
Views: 23
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!
Date of Manufacture: Not listed
Windmill Farm: Not Listed
Cost: Not Listed
Museum on Site: Not Listed
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