. Annual report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. PLAN OF BEEF SLAUGHTER-HOUSE. windows above the roofs of the sheds. By means of pulleysand shafting from the rendering-house, the cattle are hoistedfor dressing, and the ice is lifted to the ice-chambers. Hotand cold water is supplied to each slaughter-house. 1874.] STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 167. SECTION OP RENDERING-HOUSE. 168 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. [Jan. The basement-story under the slaughter-houses is of brickwalls, with a concrete floor, and has ample drainage. It ex-tends without partition, 380 feet from one end of the block toth
. Annual report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. PLAN OF BEEF SLAUGHTER-HOUSE. windows above the roofs of the sheds. By means of pulleysand shafting from the rendering-house, the cattle are hoistedfor dressing, and the ice is lifted to the ice-chambers. Hotand cold water is supplied to each slaughter-house. 1874.] STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 167. SECTION OP RENDERING-HOUSE. 168 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. [Jan. The basement-story under the slaughter-houses is of brickwalls, with a concrete floor, and has ample drainage. It ex-tends without partition, 380 feet from one end of the block tothe other. In this story, under the trap-doors, are the irontanks (on wheels) to receive the hides, heads, feet, tallow,tripe, blood and offal. When filled, the tanks are wheeledinto the rendering-house and their contents distributed,—thehides being left in the basement and the blood and offal takento the rendering-tanks and driers by means of elevators. The sheep slaughter-houses are similarly arranged, withcool-room, slaughtering-place, etc., etc. The rendering-house, which forms the centre of the wholegroup of the abattoir, is 200 feet by 80 feet, and four storieshigh, including a brick basement, which has a concrete floorlike the basements of the slaughter-houses. The accompany-ing section-drawings show the rendering-tanks in the thirdstory su
Size: 1355px × 1844px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormassachusettsstateboa, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860
