Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill


Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Windmill as seen in 1984
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Location	Pecos County, Texas, USA
Nearest city	Sheffield, Texas
Coordinates	30°44′44″N 101°58′30″W / 30.74556°N 101.97500°W / 30.74556; -101.97500
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1898 (1898)
Built by	William Canon
NRHP reference No.	77001465^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1977

The Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill is a historic windpump that was located near Sheffield, Texas.

The windmill was built in 1898 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1] It was one of only four known to exist and was the last one still situated above its original well. It was restored in 2001 by the nationally renowned windmill expert, Jim Collums of Poteet, TX, and his nephew, Woldhagen James.^{[citation needed]} In 2019, the windmill was moved to the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas for additional restoration and permanent installation in the center's 27-acre historical park.

It is one of few surviving Railroad Eclipse Windmills, which were the largest commercially produced windmills in the U.S. and were used along railway routes in the Southwest. This served as the primary source of water at the headquarters of the Canon Ranch. At 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter, it is the largest size of windmill produce by the Eclipse Company.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ William L. Cumiford; Paul D. Hutchison (October 11, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

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Media related to Canon Ranch at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. TX-7, "Canon Ranch Eclipse Windmill, Sheffield, Pecos County, TX", 6 photos, 9 measured drawings, 45 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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