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The Barn Log - Photographs
August 20, 2004
All photographs by Ken R. Noffsinger unless otherwise noted.
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Images one and two illustrate the northwest corner of the 1857 Barn. Soil erosion, due to water pooling under the barn's limestone foundation, caused damage over many years. This may have also allowed the large rock to shift and fall into the foundation, causing further damage. The north side of the 1857 Barn, west of the 1939 Silo. This side of the barn experienced significant water damage over the years, and the poison ivy clinging to the barn made working around this area a bit hazardous.






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Photos four and five show lumber and other items purchased for various repairs, setting inside the 1857 Barn. Pictures six and seven capture the west side of the South Extension to the 1857 Barn.






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This and the next photograph are looking north from inside the South Addition. Gasoline for the generator and turpentine to stop the Powder Post Beetle infestation can be seen in the foreground. Jim Gumbert's boat trailer, used to transport the generator, can also be seen.






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Images ten through twelve picture the sawdust produced by the work of Powder Post Beetles. These photos were taken in the lower level of the 1857 Barn.






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What appear here as black specks on the surface of the beam are the small holes bored by the Powder Post Beetles. Light sawdust residue from beetle infestation in the lower level, bay #3 and #4 area of the 1857 Barn, can be seen in images fourteen and fifteen.






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Numbers sixteen through 22 document severe water damage in the lower level, bay #4 area, of the 1857 Barn.






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Images 23 through 27 were taken in the lower level of the 1857 Barn, probably in bay #3.






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Photos 28 thru 31 capture Jim Gumbert's 1957 Allis-Chalmers D-17 tractor, as well has his generator. Without the generator, use of power tools would not have been possible, as the barn complex had no electricity.






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This photograph and the next present views of the south side of the 1857 Barn.






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The badly water-damaged roof of the South Extension. The south side of the ramp to the 1857 Barn's upper level. Sawdust here indicates Powder Post Beetle activity.






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The 1857 Barn's lower level had been used to store household items at some point, but they were badly damaged due to the time they had been left there, otherwise unprotected and apparently forgotten. Severe water damage, probably in bay #2 of the lower level of the 1857 Barn.






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Images 41 through 45 are looking west in bay #1 of the lower level of the 1857 Barn.






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Bay #1, northwest corner.






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This is the northeast corner of the 1857 Barn, at the sill plate. The heavy timber placed on the last layer of the limestone foundation had been badly damaged by water, and at some point a large piece of angle iron had been inserted into that area. It is unclear as to what purpose this served, but it is assumed that it was either to offset damage caused by the rotted sill plate, or was possibly necessary as part of the construction of the North Addition adjoining the barn in this area. This may be looking through a hole in the roof of the South Extension.
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