Chaulk-Murray, Interior Pound, Mount Pearl

This is a shed style with a cellar underground in the concrete block foundation. There is no hatch entrance; however there is a set of concrete stairs in the front, right corner of the shed that leads down to the cellar. Cellar was built by Hilda and her husband Murdo in 1965, including digging the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pomeroy, Julie
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Migration/settlement
Objects
Architecture
building and construction
Buildings
Outbuildings
Root cellars
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/488
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Summary:This is a shed style with a cellar underground in the concrete block foundation. There is no hatch entrance; however there is a set of concrete stairs in the front, right corner of the shed that leads down to the cellar. Cellar was built by Hilda and her husband Murdo in 1965, including digging the hole by hand. It was used to store vegetables and the shed portion has always been used to store miscellaneous garden supplies. Today the cellar is used off and on for vegetable storage as well as storage of flower pots and planting materials. It has electricity and is approximately 3m x 4m.

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