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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.
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.
State Register
Address
1st St., Kit Carson
Site Number
5CH.114