The Murtoa Stick Shed

aka the Murtoa no 1 Grain Store, the Stick Shed is the only WW2 emergency grain store remaining in Victoria. Built in 1942, the cathedral like grain store was used to house excess wheat resulting from the combination of a good weather conditions, a resultant wheat glut and restricted trading due to the war. The cathedral-like structure is massive, built from hastily milled mountain ash poles, , corrugated iron and 16,000 sq m of concrete flooring. This photo shows only one section of the structure.

The no 6 on the pole on the left of the pic was well above my head height

[Corinne C]

A great subject and a wonderful perspective! A great narrative too!

[Susan Wakely]

Fascinating shed and narrative.

[Phil Howcroft]

this is amazing , fabulous

[Dawn]

So fascinating

[Joan Robillard]

Fantastic

[winghong_ho]

So nice to keep this immense store until now. Great perspective and capture.

[Diana]

Amazing capture with wonderful lines and light.

[Annie D]

how interesting - thanks for the info

[Babs]

It looks amazing, fav.

[Merrelyn]

We visited this amazing shed when we were in Victoria a few weeks ago. It's a fabulous space.

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[haskar]

Beautiful composition and leading lines.

[Margaret Brown]

Such an interesting history

[Suzanne]

A very good morning to you all and thankyou for your kind comments. The Stick Shed is definitely worth a visit for anyone in this part of the world.
@corinnec @wakelys @phil_howcroft @Dawn @joansmor @wh2021 @ludwigsdiana @annied @onewing @merrelyn @photographycrazy @haskar @craftymeg

[borof]

It is a huge building, you could say a historical monument.

[Suzanne]

Thankyou. It is indeed an historical monument. It is now heritage listed. It was originally intended only to last 10 years but it is still proudly standing.
@borof

[Madeleine Pennock]

Fascinating history!

[Suzanne]

Yes it is.
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