About this objectThe tower for the Fortescue Variable Geared Wind Engine was installed behind the Eugowra Bushranger Centre and Museum. The engine head is being restored and is not in place.
The windmill was moved from "Arcadia" Eugowra where it was originally installed in 1916. The well was it pumped from was 12.5m deep and was lined with bricks, no mortar was used. The well was dug using pick and shovel.
An article about the wind engine appeared in the Canowindra Star and Eugowra News on 25 February, 1916.
Messrs. G. and A. McMillan, of Arcadia, Eugowra, have just finished bricking in a well of a similar kind to those established by the Biblical Jacob (says Forbes " Gazette "). This well is about five feet in diameter, and exactly round. In the drift a reinforced concrete cylinder has been placed, and forms the base of the bricks with which the well is lined
throughout. No filling is used with the bricks and they are placed
one on the other round the well but in course of nature they will
become hard and solid, and will remain from generations without
maintenance. The drift is a good one, and a " wind engine "—the
latest in windmills—throws up 4000 gallons per hour, which is
utilised for direct irrigation upon a vegetable garden.
"Items of Interest." Canowindra Star and Eugowra News (NSW : 1903 - 1907; 1910 - 1911; 1914 - 1922) 25 February 1916: 1. Web. 22 May 2023 .
