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| - There appear to have been two different buildings at Whateley Academy called 'the Shed'; or one, repurposed. The first, no longer extant or so it seems, housed the campus steam plant in the early days of the school. The Whateley Academy History mention of the Shed doesn't indicate where it was located, although one would presume a central location for the most effective heating of the buildings. The second, and current, building with this name houses the Landscaping and Grounds departments.
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| - There appear to have been two different buildings at Whateley Academy called 'the Shed'; or one, repurposed. The first, no longer extant or so it seems, housed the campus steam plant in the early days of the school. The Whateley Academy History mention of the Shed doesn't indicate where it was located, although one would presume a central location for the most effective heating of the buildings. The second, and current, building with this name houses the Landscaping and Grounds departments. As soon as she was done eating, she headed off to the gardeners’ shed. That’s what they all called it. The Shed. But it wasn’t just for the gardeners, and it wasn’t a shed. It was a big two-story building hidden away between Dunn Hall and some of the forest. It had huge roll-up garage doors at the front and back, for all the trucks and self-powered equipment to go in and out. It had a shop floor for repair work on the tools and sharpening the saws and everything else like that. It had storage areas, so the fall weather stuff was all put away while the winter gear was all out, and then so the winter gear could get put away when spring came around. The riding lawnmowers and riding leaf vacuums were all put away, now that the snowblowers and snowplows were all out. The ‘tree surgeon’ truck was tucked away in a corner of the main level, along with the smaller gardeners’ trucks and stuff, and in their usual places were several snowmobiles. She trotted up the stairs to the second floor, where the offices and the lunchroom and a couple small shops and the extra storage spaces were. She checked with Mrs. Lewis, who was the secretary for the whole building, and she sent Anna back to Mr. Miyamoto’s office.
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