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Traditional Root Cellar Interior Layout

Depiction of the interior vegetable storage space layout of a root cellar.

Pounds full of Potatoes

Ross Traverse of Torbay, Newfoundland, owns Traverse Gardens, where he grows and harvests many of his own vegetables. He has a walk-in cool room located in the basement […]

Walk-in Cool Room

Ross Traverse has a walk-in cool room in his house in Torbay, Newfoundland. Traverse built his walk-in cool room in the basement of his house in the early […]

Barrel Cellars

Barrel Cellars are much smaller than traditional root cellars. It was common to use these small, water tight, and well insulated barrel cellars to store cabbage through the […]

Bryant’s Cove Root Cellar

This root cellar is an example of a rarer type of root cellar found in Newfoundland, a dual entrance cellar. There are two ground level entry doors shown, […]

Jugglers Cove Root Cellar, Bay Roberts

The Jugglers Cove Root Cellar eight years after it was originally restored.

Ducey’s Root Cellar, Keels, Newfoundland

Owned by John and Phonse Ducey, this concrete above ground root cellar was built in the early 1950s and features a unique wooden braced exterior wall which holds […]

Spence Root Cellar

The Spence Root Cellar in Brigus, Newfoundland, is owned by Marcia Spence. The cellar was originally built in the mid-1800s by Sandy Roberts and was used to store […]

Griffiths Root Cellar

Griffiths Root Cellar is located in Ship Harbour, Newfoundland. Built in 1950, the cellar is owned by the son of Pat Griffiths, and is no longer in use […]

English Root Cellar Hatch Entrance Ladder

The hatch entrance and ladder of the English Root Cellar.

English Root Cellar Hatch Door

Hatch entrance into the cellar. The hatch door is incorporated into the shed floor.

English Root Cellar Interior

The interior of the shed structure of English Root Cellar, located in Colliers, Newfoundland. Pictured is the hatch door that appears to be incorporated into the floor boards. […]