. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . antfor the receipt of live stock. The available space at the time the plant was builtwas limited to the area shown on the ground floor 25. The space was divided by brick walls intoseparate occupancies and arranged so that the principalreq
. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . antfor the receipt of live stock. The available space at the time the plant was builtwas limited to the area shown on the ground floor 25. The space was divided by brick walls intoseparate occupancies and arranged so that the principalrequirements of the insurance companies could be compliedwith. The slaughter house is centrally located, with thecooler building on one side and the tank house, power plantand other departments on the opposite side. The killing is done on the fourth floor and the roomis well hghted and ventilated by windows on three sidesand by skyhghts. Six killing beds for cattle were pro-vided, giving a daily capacity of 400 cattle. The space A CHICAGO PACKING PLANT 41 reserved for sheep killing is ample for the handling of 400sheep. The hog kiUing space is enclosed by a solid partition,in order to confine the steam from the scalding tub andscraper. The daily output of 300 hogs requires about fourhours time for slaughtering, on account of the short dress-.
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