. 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 .. . /B^e/eTBACfcL FIG. 62—DETAIL OF SUPPORT FOR TRACK HANGERS IN SMOKE HOUSE. Crete fioor, which should be covered with hard-burnedbrick, laid in cement mortar. In Figure 63 is illustrated a type of smoke house whichis often used in wholesale markets and


. 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 .. . /B^e/eTBACfcL FIG. 62—DETAIL OF SUPPORT FOR TRACK HANGERS IN SMOKE HOUSE. Crete fioor, which should be covered with hard-burnedbrick, laid in cement mortar. In Figure 63 is illustrated a type of smoke house whichis often used in wholesale markets and in buildings wherethe space on. the first fioor is too valuable to use for smokehouses. The fire pit is placed in the cellar and the smokehouse is omitted in the first story. The smoke from the firing pit is conducted to the fioorof the second story smoke house through fines built in thewall and extended across the first story ceiling with two SMOKE HOUSES 91 outlets into the smoke house. The flues should be builtwith, terra cotta lining and the openings regulated bydampers which will insure an even distribution of thesmoke through the outlets. StiPFLCDD. J)MOK,L HOU^L IRDN CjCATINO with DAMPLU, tl ni^L PIT 3 o m += l^FLCOa uCLLLML^ FIG. 63—FIRE PIT IN CELLAR AND SMOKE HOUSE ONSECOND FLOOR. ) Smoked meat trolleys of a type frequently used areillustrated in Figures 64 and 65. The large size trolley willhold 450 pounds of meat and the smaller, about 300 equipment can be purchased from any of the largepacking house supply dealers or can be made locally in anywell equipped machine shop. 92 SMOKE HOUSES


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