I am not very good with Flickr. Please try this link to view the barrel:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/158287938@N02/KvohV8

If you still can't see it, I'll email the photo.

Thanks,
Linda

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 2:03 PM Linda Hylkema <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All,
>
> We are excavating in the midst of a nineteenth century leather tanning
> facility and came across this barrel on top of a wooden base. The wooden
> base is several layers, and is very heavy. There does not appear to be a
> hole in the bottom of the barrel connecting it to what is below. It appears
> to continue into the ground. We have not removed it yet because we're
> trying to understand what it is first.
>
> We are hoping that it is not a capped artesian well (there is one noted on
> the Sanborn Insurance maps nearby, and we haven't found it yet) that was
> the main source of water for the tannery.
>
> It does not appear to have any drains from the tanning vats going into it,
> which is odd, because we are finding a very complicated drainage system
> designed around and beneath the vats. The barrel itself had some
> raffia-type wrapping on it when it was new, likely related to it's original
> function rather than it's secondary use as whatever it is now.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/158287938@N02/33618332178/in/dateposted/
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this or do you know what it is?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.
>
> Linda Hylkema, RPA
> Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
> W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El
> Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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>
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