The concrete breakwater protects small boats from the waves during storms. This was before basements, electricity, refrigerators and supermarkets. Root cellars used to be a necessity. Now they are good photographic subjects. Most families in the past had barns or sheds where they could store wood for fuel.
Many people still maintain their barns, but for different uses than their forebears.
In the town of Torbay, very near the city of St. John's, this barn stands out because of its location overlooking the harbour. The lack of vegetation on the cliffs indicate how high waves come up the cliff during storms. It was taken in late evening and the reds were even more saturated because of the light of the setting sun.