Disaster at the Barn - It is down

North end of the barn.

 
 Over this past weekend, the barn suffered massive failure and collapse. The back wall pulled itself down over the last two months and ripped the rest of the barn down with it. It effectively clam-shelled open along the roof line as the rear wall fell downward, then continued to collapse inward towards the gap left by removal of the wall.





     Two walls are left standing for now, but barely, and the inside of the barn is a total loss. Some of the main beams snapped in two during the collapse, a few are still largely intact. We will update more shortly, the main push now is the keep the standing walls standing or force them to collapse inward; if they were to collapse outward, further damage to properties and belongings could occur. This is a tenuous, fairly dangerous time.

Back of barn looking West. The wall on the far left of the photo is still mostly standing. 

Inside of ground level, on the South side, facing East.

Ground level, facing South. Our shoring held impeccably, even taking the
brunt of a collapse and the shock forces associated with that.

Ground level, facing South.

Facing North, this is the South end of the Barn.

Is this bicycle holding the barn up? They built those vintage road bikes strong.

Motorcycle frame still in place on its custom pulley mount.

Inside the woodworking portion of the barn. The wood stacks were nice and neat.