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Learned a lot of High Plains history today, but I'll summarize and link to an article in the [url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/life/2016-03-19/caprock-chronicles-giant-xit-ranch-windmill-was-engineering-marvel-its-day]Caprock Chronicles that provides some fascinating background information for anyone that is interested.

First of all, this windmill is fundamentally a lawn ornament. It is a 114 foot steel replica, erected in 1969, of a 132 foot wooden windmill that was constructed around 1887 and toppled in a sandstorm in 1926. It is located in Littlefield, TX and the old train depot is in the background.

For its day, the original windmill was considered an engineering marvel and was reportedly the tallest windmill in the world. It was one of 325 windmills on the 3 million acre XIT ranch, which was the largest fenced ranch in the world.