It's been a hard season for our old barns - we've been learning of roof collapses all over the state from the weight of record snowfall saturated by rain.
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| Eli Whitney Barn's Wagon Shed, February 4, 2011 |
Just this week the 1816 Eli Whitney Barn, which we see out our office windows, lost its wagon shed. Wednesday it was there, Thursday a pile of rubble.
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| Wagon Shed Rear (West), February 4, 2011 |
The "before" portrait shows the barn with its shed, which has had several different roof configurations over the years. Check out the story of this barn at
http://www.connecticutbarns.org/1788
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Eli Whitney Museum, owner of the barn, had plans already in place to restore the wagon shed back to its earliest appearance. Watch for the work to get started after the snow melts.
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Eli Whitney Barn, back in the Spring of 2010
Photography by C. Hitchcock
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