Talk:Granary

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Granary as a subject holder seems too vague. It and most of the associated article implies big commercial grain storage akin to silo's. Yet the article also included a small domestic example, nothing like a granary in intention. The associated words take you off to other domestic version of 'granaries' -Horrero and Corn Cribs. I suggest this is where the big untapped source of material lies.

The universal need to store grain has given rise to a wide range of vernacular building forms with their own colloquial name for the structure. See also Laimes. Each location makes use of the materials freely available to it and the position, shape and construction of the resulting building often reflects their particular concerns about vermin, security and display of wealth.

Nothing in 'Granary' conveys that or invites other contributors from around the world to post their own examples. I suggest the subject holder used be something more all embracing such as 'Grain Storage' with links off to the specialised forms such as granaries and silos, corn crib, horrero etc.

When I was in Nigeria during 1970's I became aware of the variety of forms of grain stores as we travelled around. That dormant interest has come up my Must Do list. I just wanted to post my contribution of photos but discovered the subject is not developed, hence this invitation. We are reaching the end of life for these vernacular building forms. The way of life that sustained them is past and they are 'unimportant' short life structures. We with an interest in all things building have a duty to capture them before they disappear entirely.

AnnaSomerset (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I think this is the start of an article. Granaries are fundamental to civilizations. Both their form and function vary by culture, climate, grain, and technology. There could be dozens of sections to this article! Presently, this article is little more than a stub.

The History should be a complete history from the first crops to frame storage sheds and warehouses to the first grain elevators (modern, mechanized, industrial grain elevators deserve and have their own article. )

Grain drying should be under its own section

Culturally and architecturally distinct forms should be under a group heading (can’t think of it now) – this is where the invitation to cultural contributions should be.

IveGoneAway (talk) 05:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Level-4 Vital article

Not completely sure what this means. I see the icon in the listing classifies this as a stub. I certainly agree with that, there are multiple places in this article where I would want to put the stub template.

Also I would want to say there are two rolls where granaries are historically important, and a well-organized article would make that clear. The first is the technological roll grain storage has had in communities, cultures and nations. The second is the architectural roll of granaries, both as a cultural aesthetic an influence on or reflection of construction science (architecture not really my bailiwick) as indicated by the WikiProject Architecture tag. As I have oportunity, I may stub in more headings to guide stucture. IveGoneAway (talk) 14:21, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

FAC

No, the Egyptian pyramids were NOT grainaries. See, e.g. [1]. Just don't even go there. Montanabw^(talk) 21:39, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Is a modern silo a granary or not?

This article mentions that the original kind of silo was a below-ground pit, and is not an example of a granary, which is above-ground.

But the article is silent on whether or not the modern above-ground silo (often a tall cylinder with a hemispherical roof) is a granary.

I hope that someone knowledgeable on this question can explain what, if anything, is the distinction between a granary and a modern silo.2600:1700:E1C0:F340:5901:14A:4379:C67D (talk) 23:23, 15 January 2019 (UTC)