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Shed?
Posted by Slackwater - don (spokane, United States) on 17 April 2009 in Landscape & Rural.
Near the horse barn of several days ago, we spotted this shed/barn. I thought I must add it to my growing collection of farm buildings. It was situated in a pasture all by itself. The design of the building with its ladder to an upper level and an apparent extension on the back suggested some kind of feeding shed. I wondered if the long window provided weather-protected hay for horses. Perhaps you have an alternate suggestion.
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
What a wonderful old structures. It must date back into the 1800's. I wonder if it could have been an old store or something like that?
17 Apr 2009 5:26am
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Feeding shed sounds good to me. A great old building in a nice setting.
17 Apr 2009 5:44am
yz from Budapest, Hungary
fantastic find, this won't shelter even from the wind, great capture
17 Apr 2009 6:38am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
No idea, but a feeding shed makes sense. Regardless, it is a great find!
17 Apr 2009 6:41am
Hidalgo from Herunen, Finland
Shed or not - but You made it beautiful! Great shot.
17 Apr 2009 9:14am
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Neat capture. That would also look great in monochrome.
17 Apr 2009 1:20pm
Mariana from waterloo, Canada
Great find. I love the way you put this shed in a center. Very nice !
17 Apr 2009 1:36pm
Ajay from Pune, India
I must say, it is really very carefully built. They had to be very skillful hands to build something like this.
17 Apr 2009 2:51pm
jim from sebastopol, United States
isn't it interesting to look at old buildings and wonder what the uses were. jim
17 Apr 2009 3:15pm
Diane Schuller from Hythe, Canada
I do know that sheds that look amazingly similar to this one that I have seen in British Columbia were in fact hay sheds. You're correct that the wide opening on the sides and ends were for the cattle to access the feed in winter. So, I think this is one of them. I love the detail and clarity as usual in this image.
17 Apr 2009 3:23pm
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Don I have no idea or suggestions. I will say I like the construction and appearance of this building. Very nicely captured.
17 Apr 2009 6:02pm
beanow from Warsaw, Poland
Amazing...the open-work hut ....Excellent capture! Congrats!
17 Apr 2009 6:42pm
"Marie" :-) from perth, Australia
Hi Don, great looking storage shed..... dont know what would have been stored here though, just googled it (as this kind of thing interests me a lot) and found a couple of similar buildings, one was a hay storage the other was for wood storage. The opening for the hay was as you guessed, the opening for the wood storage is to let the wood dry out correctly....... dont know which is right, but the photo is awesome anyway. Great capture. Thanks for sharing.
17 Apr 2009 6:51pm
Rosso from Luserna s.Giovanni (To), Italy
interesting to capture the best angle for shooting and details
17 Apr 2009 9:14pm
Candace from Phoenix, United States
I don't know, being a city girl, but it sure provided a great photo opportunity! You've got some great scenery around there.
18 Apr 2009 2:56am
One from Açores, Portugal
A good shot, maybe it was used to dry the bales of hay, fresh air is not lacking, a beautiful image !
18 Apr 2009 5:51am
Nikon D200
1/400 second
F/9.5
ISO 100
52 mm (35mm equiv.)