Bar U Ranch – Piggery

The Piggery is part of the Bar U Ranch complex, located on the Pekisko Creek to the northeast of the main headquarters. The exact date of construction is unknown, but it is thought to have been built on state-of-the-art plans from Iowa [2]. The construction techniques and style suggest that it was built prior to 1927 [1]. The Piggery is classed as a “large house with individual pens” and is one of the two most general classes of piggery design used in North America in the first quarter of the 20th century [1]. The building consists of a central feed aisle with an earthen floor, 12 timber floored pens created with movable partition walls and low doorways with sliding panels for pig access to the outdoor pig run [1].

Region:

Southwest Alberta

Field Documentation:

September 17, 2020

Field Documentation Type:

Terrestrial LiDAR

Culture:

Euro-Canadian


Historic Period:

1914CE

Latitude:

50.419529

Longitude:

-114.243478

Datum Type:

WGS84


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