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Thinking of (possibly) fake building, was noodling around Google Maps looking for some interesting walks in my area, and found these surprisingly widely spaced groups of buildings:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5MMuAdLtZ63hL8Y8?g_st=com.google.ma...

Might well be totally mundane, but it sure seems odd to me with my complete lack of knowledge about civil engineering.



They're pig or chicken farms, if you go on a walk you can tell by the absolutely awful smell. Note the vertical cylinders for food storage in your link. I bet the spacing is mainly due to environmental regulations.


Thanks, I'd missed the vertical cylinders.

Not that it would have helped me without the rest of your comment — although I've seen a vertical cylinder in a farm in Aberystwyth I'd assumed that instance was fuel, and similar elsewhere were labeled as liquified air tanks.

But chicken farms make a lot of sense.




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