. 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 .. . esignedfor the storage of goods to be carried at certain tempera-tures. The north end was arranged for freezer storage,the centre section for eggs and apples and the south endfor storage of fruits and vegetables. C^oods are received and shipped over t
. 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 .. . esignedfor the storage of goods to be carried at certain tempera-tures. The north end was arranged for freezer storage,the centre section for eggs and apples and the south endfor storage of fruits and vegetables. C^oods are received and shipped over three privateswitch tracks, of which two enter the building in the centresection and the third runs alongside* the south end. Thistrackage provides storage room for nine cars at one time. Local shipments are handled by wagon delivery fromthe front of the building, and the sidewalk on Halstedstreet was raised to the level of the first fioor and used as aplatform. 138 RECENT COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION The elevators were placed adjoining the central ship-ping platforms with two elevators on each side of the rail-road tracks. All communications between the different sections arethrough fireproof vestibules, with the door-openings pro-tected by double fire doors. The vestibules were made toinclude the elevators and stairways, allowing ample pas-.
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