While not my typical barn picture, this barn-like building is called the Twine Shed, which is found on the site of the Hokenson Brothers Fishery on the shore of Lake Superior, north of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Named for the twine used in fishing nets, nets were prepared, repaired, and stored in the building and a fishing net reel can be seen in the foreground. Fish boxes full of gill nets and floats were stacked inside the barn but it was more than just storage for fishing equipment as it was also the workshop, smithy, machine and carpenter shop. The Twine Shed embodies the necessary skills of a commercial fisherman.
The Twine Shed
