This is one of the more fascinating derelicts, just about three blocks from the German Restaurant (and about the same distance from Dale's Essenhaus) in Walburg. Not to be confused with Narwhal. I expect this was once an old gin, or maybe a mill of some kind. Maybe a saw mill, but there are not too many trees out here, and it is just rusting itself into a stupor, along with the truck that was (probably) driven there and left for dead. I think that is really interesting. It would be interesting to get inside this building, and it would probably make a good base for some contemporary lofts. And the truck could be turned into a bar. What do you think?Narwhal -- Noun: an arctic cetacean (Monodon monoceros) about 16 feet (5 meters) long with the male having a long twisted ivory tusk. "Threats to narwhals also impact the northern Inuit community, which depend on the animals for food and crafts that support their livelihoods." Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, May 12, 2017
Did You Know? The narwhal is a toothed whale found throughout arctic waters. Its Latin binomial, Monodon monoceros, is derived from the Greek words for "single toothed" and "single horned." Its English name (also sometimes spelled narwhale) comes from the Norwegian and Danish narhval and the Swedish narval, words that are probably a modification of the Icelandic narhvalur, which comes from the Old Norse nahvalr. In Old Norse hvalr means "whale" and is akin to the Old English hwoel, the ancestor of the Modern English "whale." The first element of nahvalr is believed to be nar, the Old Norse word for 'corpse," from the resemblance of the animal's color to that of a pale human corpse.
I was gifted a pair of socks with Narwhal decorations. Of course I was!
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