Shaker Village Water House

water house.jpg (13646 bytes) Here we have what the Shakers called their water house.  This housed the huge water tank that the Shakers heavily relied on. 

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This is the stairway up to the water tank when
you enter this building.
Looking up in the building, you can see
the big tank.  It is made of wood.  As
long as they kept water in it, the wood
would swell and not leak.

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