. 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 .. . area of 100x140 feet andis eight stories high, with a cellar. The construction was designed to include two addi-tional stories to be put on at some future time, making thebuilding ten stories in height. When the erection of the plant was contemplated
. 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 .. . area of 100x140 feet andis eight stories high, with a cellar. The construction was designed to include two addi-tional stories to be put on at some future time, making thebuilding ten stories in height. When the erection of the plant was contemplated theowners were confronted with an insujiance problem whichall cold storage owners are more or less familiar with,namely, that of locating the power plant so that it wouldnot increase the insurance rate on the cold storage build-ing. To avoid having the power plant within the mainbuilding, it was decided to place the boiler and engine roomson the other side of the public driveway, as shown on thefirst story floor-plan. Figure 89. 150 RECENT COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION The land for the power plant was leased from the Cityand consisted of a piece of property underneath a viaduct,crossing the railroad yard to the north of the plant. Itwas necessary to make deep excavations for the boilersand refrigerating machinery, below the present grade, and. Henscliien, Architect. FIG 88—COLD STORAGE Fisheries Co., Minneapolis, Minn. the owners were put to heavy expense in underpinning theabutment wall and columns supporting the viaduct. Thisgreatly increased the cost of the plant, but it reduced theinsurance rate sufficiently to warrant the additional expen-diture and, in the end, proved a good investment. In orderto further reduce the rate the area of the cold storagebuilding was divided into two sections by a brick fire-wall, RECENT COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION 151 SO as to avoid the charge imposed on floor areas over 10,000square feet. The building is of fireproof construction,
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