Dick's Artifacts
Photos 2
(Man-made Objects; page 2 of
5)
Barns, Windmills and Water Tanks,
Corrals, Fences & the Like |
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Artifacts
1: Gas
& Steam Engine Museum, Other Stuff
Artifacts
3: Bridges,
Railroad,
Vehicles
Artifacts
4: Bodie,
Mariposa,
Mendocino
Artifacts
5: Clovis,
Sacramento,
St.
Louis, Artwork
Links to More
Photo Albums |
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New
photo here November 17, 2024 (Captions in red) |
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Click the picture for a
larger view (photos open in a new window).
Captions that are links take you to a
page with more information about that photo. |
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Barns |
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Barn
Slide Show |
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Ohio
barns
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More Ohio
barns
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The
"natural" look...
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...and the
white paint look (both Ohio)
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Michigan
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Wisconsin
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Fresno, California 1966
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Mariposa County 2003
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Elliott
Barn, Highway 49 near Chowchilla Mountain Road
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Southern Missouri
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Monterey County,
near Parkfield
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Near Volcano, Amador
County, 2004
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A barn in
the town of Volcano
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Cunningham Road,
Merced County
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Madera County
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Highway 41,
Madera County
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Highway
49 at Pegleg Road, Bootjack, Mariposa County
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Givens
Ranch by Highway 140, Cathey's Valley,
Mariposa County
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By Highway 140,
Lower Cathey's Valley, Mariposa County
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Highway 41,
Madera County
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By Santa Fe
Avenue south of LeGrand, Merced County CA
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Near
LeGrand Avenue and and White Rock Road, Merced County
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Mt. Bullion, Mariposa County
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Carlton
Road, Mariposa County
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Highway 140 and
Triangle Road, northeast of Mariposa
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Barn
on East
Whitlock Road
near Highway 140, Mariposa County
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Barn at Belmont &
Brawley in Fresno
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Old barn
at Hobbs Grove Park, Sanger
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Barn
at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
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Old barn complex on Highway
16, Sacramento County
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Another part of
the barn
complex
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The
main barn building
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Water
tower and barn
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Raymond-Knowles Road, Raymond,
Madera County CA
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Hornitos,
Mariposa County CA
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Red barn at San Martin-Ludewig Ranch Park in San Martin
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Barn at Franklin Ranch in Gilroy
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Barn on
Wellbarn Road near Prather, Fresno County
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At
Willow and Nees Avenues, Clovis CA |
Near Greeley
Hill, CA |
On
Highway 168 east of Clovis |
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More
Ohio barns |
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Barns
near the geographical center of the US in Kansas |
Indiana
barn |
Barn in the flat country of northwest Ohio |
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Abandoned ranch on Colorado
Highway 64 |
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A
closer look at the barn |
Barn
on John F. Estel's farm, Fulton
County
OH
(my great grandfather) (Hazel Estel photo) |
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Barn on
White Rock Road, Mariposa County |
Barn
in Soquel Meadow, Sierra National Forest
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A
late fall view of the barn and a big cedar tree |
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Old
dairy barn at Center for River Studies, Eaton Trail |
Side
of the barn |
Is
this a shed-like barn or a barn-like shed?
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Old shed
by Trimmer Springs Road near Piedra
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Barns
along State Highway 152 west of Gilroy |
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Barn
at Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park |
Another
view of the Ahwahnee barn |
And
still another view from 2020 |
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Dave
Smith created this sepia tone version of the barn |
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Corrals,
Fences and the Like |
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Part of an
ancient fence near California Meadow in the Sierra National Forest
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Old fence in Rocky
Mountain National Park |
Shed
along Colorado Highway 64 |
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Benches and rail
fence by Millerton Lake
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Cattle
chute, Sky Harbor Road, Fresno County CA |
Fallen
board from the chute |
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Corral and ranch buildings
at the edge of Baker NV
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Barbed
wire roll on fence at Baker |
Whimsical
figure on fence outside of Baker
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Cattle
chute in northwest Colorado |
Cattle
guard in Colorado |
Rail
fence in Rocky Mountain National Park |
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Cattle chute,
Cathey's Valley, Mariposa County, California |
Corral above
Mariposa |
Cattle chute on Maxon Road,
Fresno County |
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A
mystery artifact along Old Highway in Mariposa County - half a cattle chute? |
Old
corral along White Rock Road in Mariposa County
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Section
of barn wall near the corral |
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Wagon
wheel gate north of Parkfield |
Rail
fence from pioneer days surrounds the meadow at Wawona |
This
cattle chute at Wawona probably dates from the 1800s |
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Along
Deadwood Lookout Road near Oakhurst CA |
Fallen
fence on the slope above Mono Lake
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Rail
fence at Wolfe Ranch
in Arches National Park
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Wolfe
Ranch cabin |
I
think this means "Keep Out" |
A
bright redwood fence beside the Dry Creek Canal in Clovis CA |
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Old
house and water tank on Highway 168 at Prather |
Shed
next to the house and tank |
Barn
and windmill on Highway 168 at Prather |
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Cattle
chute along Dry Creek Drive in Tulare County
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Posts reinforce the
fence at a corner, and hold up a fallen pine |
Harris
Horse Ranch on Trimmer Springs
Road, Fresno County
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Corral
on Road 406 in Madera County |
Old
wagon in the corral |
Hay
field fence near Parkfield |
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Typical
barbed wire fence reinforcing technique |
Classic
old country wire gate |
There are chunks of barbed wire everywhere on
the rock slopes near
Courtright Reservoir |
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Fence
at Soquel Meadow |
Fence and gate on Merrill Ranch, Mariposa County
(built about 1945) |
Cattle
chute on Trimmer Springs Road near Pine Flat Reservoir |
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One
man's fence post is another bird's food pantry |
Barbed wire fence by Millerton Road in Fresno County |
Cattle
chute at Camp Four and a Half by the Kings River |
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Bi-color
cattle guard on Trimmer Springs Road |
Fence
along the Lakeview Trail at Eastman Reservoir |
Fence
at Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park |
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Wagon wheel gates are a must in the
country |
Fence
along State Highway 20 between Fort Bragg and Willits |
Old
corral on Garnet Dike Road above Pine Flat Reservoir |
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Old corral along Highway 41, Madera County
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Remnant
of old corral at Ahwahnee Hills Preserve |
Fence
along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, north of Parkfield |
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Cattle
chute on Big Sandy Road |
Cabin
just off Big Sandy Road |
Cabin
near McGurk Meadow in Yosemite National Park |
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Barbed
wire east of the Dusy-Ershim Trail |
Remnants
of posts cut from sequoia tree in Nelder Grove |
Cattle
brands on the boards of an old corral |
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Woodpeckers have
used every post
in this fence for acorn storage |
Entrance
to the Fleming Ranch in rural Fresno County |
Fence
post with a grass wig |
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Rusted hinge on old
corral along Big Sandy Road |
Shed
at Ahwahnee Hills Preserve |
Cattle
chute at Pacific Grade Summit on CA Highway 4 |
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Old shed on Highway 24 northeast of
Ione |
Two
views of fence posts drilled by woodpeckers near the San Joaquin
Gorge |
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Fence
near Trimmer Springs Road |
On
the road to Cortez, Colorado |
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Windmills
& Water Tanks |

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On
White Rock Road off Santa Fe Avenue, Merced County |
Near
LeGrand Avenue and and White Rock Road, Merced County
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Mariposa Public
Utilities District million gallon water storage tank
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Mendocino
CA is noted for its many wood water
tanks and towers
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A
superior example of a Mendocino water tower |
This
one has a great view |
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Windmills
pumped the water into the tanks in Mendocino |
Railroad Water Tower, Bakersfield,
California, 1965 |
Windmill in
Madera County CA |
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Windmill on Turkey Flat Road near Parkfield CA |
Water tank at Raymond CA
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Railroad water tank at Roaring Camp Railroad near Santa Cruz CA |
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Windmill Farm on Highway 88
a few miles east of Stockton |
Windmills
up close |
Water
tower and barn on Highway 16 in Sacramento County
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Windmill
and water tank near North Fork Road, Madera County CA |
A
different angle on the tank house |
Modern water tower on
Villa Avenue in Clovis |
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Water
tank in downtown Clovis CA, erected in 1913 |
Closer
look at the Clovis water tank |
Windmill
north of Parkfield CA |
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Tanks
on the hills north of Parkfield |
Wind
turbines west of Mojave, from California Highway 58 |
More
wind turbines |
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A
shiny new windmill in north Clovis, CA |
The
Fresno Water Tower |
Windmill on Road 209
in Madera County |
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Tanks
and pipes, Clovis CA |
Another
tank in the the same complex |
This
stock water tank has turned into a planter |
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This
one still works |
Water
tower in Mendocino with double tanks |
Another
double tank design |
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Mendocino
water tower with a very basic design |
Repair
work on the 102 year old Clovis Water tower |
The old Shell water
tower in Parkfield, now a rental cabin |
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Wildlife
Guzzler near Pine Flat Lak - rainwater flows
down the metal panels into a concrete basin below
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Abandoned
pump and water tank |
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