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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Ben Darrah Water Tank and Well House
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| image        =
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| nearest_city = [[Shoshone, Idaho]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|43|1|34|N|114|24|58|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Idaho#USA
| built        = 1916
| builder      = [[Bill Darrah]]
| added        = September 8, 1983
| area         = {{convert|1.3|acre}}
| mpsub        = {{NRHP url|id=64000165|title=Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR}}
| refnum       = 83002364<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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The '''Ben Darrah Water Tank and Well House''' near [[Shoshone, Idaho]], United States, were built in c. 1916 by stonemason [[Bill Darrah]].  They were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983; the listing included two [[contributing buildings]] on {{convert|1.3|acre}}.<ref name=nris/>
The [[water tank]] is round, constructed of rock walls about {{convert|12|ft|m}} tall and {{convert|14|ft|m}} in diameter.  It is covered by a concrete-coated wood plank cover.  It is one of Bill Darrah's earlier water tank works, and was built for his brother Ben Darrah's upper ranch.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83002364}}|title=Idaho State Historical Society Inventory Sheet for Group Nominations: Ben Darrah Water Tank and Well House |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |author= |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=83002364|photos=y|title=photo from 1981}}</ref>
As of 1981 an [[Aermotor]] windmill tower and mechanism, non-functioning, rose from a well house in front of the water tank.  Its survival is unusual among Darrah's works.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
The water tank and well house were deemed significant "both for their association with the development of sheep ranching in Lincoln County and for their lava rock craftsmanship."<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
Bill Darrah also built a [[Arthur D. Silva Water Tank|water tank for the Arthur D. Silva ranch]] a few miles closer to Shoshone, in the late 1910s.<ref name=nrhpdoc-ADSWT>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83002390}}|title=Idaho State Historical Society Inventory Sheet for Group Nominations: Arthur D. Silva Water Tank |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |author= |date= |accessdate=January 22, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=83002390|photos=y|title=photo from 1981}}</ref>
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1916]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Idaho]]
[[Category:Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Idaho]]
[[Category:Windpumps in the United States]]
[[Category:Water tanks on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places]]
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