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In Canadian oilfield drilling, a shack can also be the word for a wellsite trailer. These structures are notorious among oilfield workers for being cramped, uncomfortable and generally unpleasant to be in.
In Canadian oilfield drilling, a shack can also be the word for a wellsite trailer. These structures are notorious among oilfield workers for being cramped, uncomfortable and generally unpleasant to be in.


In the 19th and early 20th centuries, ''tar paper shacks'' consisting of wooden frames covered with [[tar paper]] were a common form of very low-cost housing in the rural United States and Canada.<ref>https://www.loc.gov/item/2017718447/ {{bare URL inline|date=March 2023}}</ref><ref>https://www.sdhspress.com/blog/flashback-friday-carrie-ingalls-her-tar-paper-shack {{bare URL inline|date=March 2023}}</ref>
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, ''tar paper shacks'' consisting of wooden frames covered with [[tar paper]] were a common form of very low-cost housing in the rural United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2017718447/ | title=Tar paper shack in Minnesota cut-over area, Beltrami County, Minnesota | website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sdhspress.com/blog/flashback-friday-carrie-ingalls-her-tar-paper-shack | title=Flashback Friday: Carrie Ingalls & Her Tar Paper Shack }}</ref>


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A large shack near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction.

Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually rural and made of natural materials (mud, rocks, sticks, etc.) shacks are generally composed of scavenged man-made materials like abandoned construction debris, repurposed consumer waste and other useful discarded objects that can be quickly acquired at little or no cost and fashioned into a small dwelling.

Background

In areas of high population density and high poverty, shacks are often the most prevalent form of housing; it is possible that up to a billion people worldwide live in shacks.[1] Fire is a significant hazard in tight-knit shack settlements.[2] Settlements composed mostly or entirely of shacks are known as slums or shanty towns.

In Australian English shack can also refer to a small holiday house with limited conveniences, for instance it may not have running water or electricity.

In Canadian oilfield drilling, a shack can also be the word for a wellsite trailer. These structures are notorious among oilfield workers for being cramped, uncomfortable and generally unpleasant to be in.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, tar paper shacks consisting of wooden frames covered with tar paper were a common form of very low-cost housing in the rural United States and Canada.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Planet of Slums, Verso, 2006
  2. ^ A Big Devil in the Jondolos: A report on shack fires by Matt Birkinshaw
  3. ^ "Tar paper shack in Minnesota cut-over area, Beltrami County, Minnesota". Library of Congress.
  4. ^ "Flashback Friday: Carrie Ingalls & Her Tar Paper Shack".