Warehouse facts for kids
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They have loading docks to load and unload trucks; or sometimes are loaded directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They also often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks.
Images for kids
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Ruined warehouses in Ostia; an ancient Roman city
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A Sust, a Middle Ages type of warehouse, in Horgen, Switzerland
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An old storehouse with a bell in the village of Rågetsböle in Finström, Åland
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19th-century warehouses in Gloucester docks in the United Kingdom, originally used to store imported corn
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Aisle with pallets on storage racks in a modern warehouse
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India House, Manchester.
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The Pickles Building 101 Portland Street, Manchester
See also
In Spanish: Almacén para niños
