Root cellar
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A root cellar, fruit cellar or earth cellar is a structure, usually underground or partially underground, used for storage of vegetables, fruits, nuts, or other foods. Its name reflects the traditiona
Interior of a large Wyoming root cellar with crops
Two traditional sod-covered potato cellars in southeastern Idaho
Root cellar in Elliston, Newfoundland, 2024
Cabbages stored in a root cellar in Nurmijärvi, Finland (1964)
Spring house
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A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fa
Root cellar
…of crops. Even the space under a bed can store some crops (such as pumpkins) for several weeks. Especially before rural electrification, farms with springhouses have often used them for root cellar duty (as well as milkhouse duty). Common construction methods are…
A small spring house near Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
Stone spring house at Indian Springs State Park.
Photo of the interior of the John Barker Spring House in Canton, Ohio.
The Brewery Spring springhouse in Silver Plume, Colorado.