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Union Pacific Pumphouse

Cheyenne County

Associated with the settlement of the area and the development of the railroad, the circa 1880 pumphouse is an unusual example of a masonry railroad utility building. 

A vintage photo of the Pumphouse

Union Pacific Pumphouse

It originally housed the machinery which pumped water into the large storage tank used by the Union Pacific Railroad to fill its passing steam locomotives.  The building appears to be Colorado’s only surviving stone railroad pumphouse.