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Spring house.
A crate sunk in cool running water can keep perishables cool. While other labors are attended before the luxury of a spring house....
A house or cabin would usually be built first ,then shelter for livestock.
Early on in the thread a suspicion of there being livestock around due to a stone/ rock hint of fence ,or shelter walls. ( probably my imagination.)
Such a large spring house hints of room for milk cans.
When going beyond family use in milk production , more cans and room to chill them would be needed.
The site though ....really matters.
Production milking would need a way to get the cans to an area near enough to avoid having to cool them again. ( And avoid the hassle of another unload/ loading).
They could be picked up on site too ,but that could affect profit.
The question is ,is it a reasonable ride to transport milk( butter,eggs) to a nearby community?
If not , then some one was either very ambitious and had time ,or paid labor to build a nice permanent long term spring house.
Awesome pics...
A crate sunk in cool running water can keep perishables cool. While other labors are attended before the luxury of a spring house....
A house or cabin would usually be built first ,then shelter for livestock.
Early on in the thread a suspicion of there being livestock around due to a stone/ rock hint of fence ,or shelter walls. ( probably my imagination.)
Such a large spring house hints of room for milk cans.
When going beyond family use in milk production , more cans and room to chill them would be needed.
The site though ....really matters.
Production milking would need a way to get the cans to an area near enough to avoid having to cool them again. ( And avoid the hassle of another unload/ loading).
They could be picked up on site too ,but that could affect profit.
The question is ,is it a reasonable ride to transport milk( butter,eggs) to a nearby community?
If not , then some one was either very ambitious and had time ,or paid labor to build a nice permanent long term spring house.
Awesome pics...