Restored historic structure offers a hands-on experience and includes
exhibits on the effects of irrigation on the Lower Rio Grande Valley. It
contains the only remaining steam pumps in the nation, and it is listed as a
National Register of Historic Places Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic
Landmark. When the pumps were built in 1909, the landscape was dotted with
horses and cows. After the pumps began distributing water to about 72,000 farms,
agriculture boomed, and the scenery changed from vast ranchland to a garden of
orchards and cotton fields. Open 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Tue.–Fri. and 2–6 p.m. Sun.
Admission charge. 902 S. Second St. 956/843-8686.
City: Hidalgo
Region: South Texas Plains
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