. 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 .. . ^?y////////y///////y//y/y//A/,i//y/////////////////////////,wyyy^i PIG. S 9—FIRST STORY FLOOR PLAN—COLD STORAGE Fisheries Co., Minneapolis, Minn. The flat-slab type of floor construction was used andthis was designed for a live load of
. 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 .. . ^?y////////y///////y//y/y//A/,i//y/////////////////////////,wyyy^i PIG. S 9—FIRST STORY FLOOR PLAN—COLD STORAGE Fisheries Co., Minneapolis, Minn. The flat-slab type of floor construction was used andthis was designed for a live load of 200 pounds per squarefoot, and the columns spaced on 16x18 foot centres. It wasnecessary to use a very strong mixture of concrete in thecolumns, in order to reduce their size in the lower mixing the concrete with one part cement, one part ofsand and two parts of crushed rock and using both spiral 152 RECENT COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION and vertical reinforcing steel, the columns were reducedto 30 inches diameter in the the cellar, 28 inches on the firstand second stories, 24 inches on the third and fourthstories, 22 inches on the fifth, 20 inches on the sixth and 18inches on the seventh and eighth stories. COLD ;3r012ACL. n^LLZLC >5T0WCiL W DDIVLWW FIG. 90—THIRD STORY FLOOR PLAN. The roof was built so as to constitute the future ninthstory and a filling of cinders was laid on the top of theconcrete floor-slab and graded to the downspouts. Overthe cinders was placed two inches of concrete as supportfor the roofing material. Whenever the additional twostories are put up, the cinders can be removed and thepresent roof-slab used as a floor. RECENT COLD STORAGE CONSTRUCTION 153 The shipping facihties include two railroad tracks atthe north end of the building. One of these, however, isa public siding and can only be used when there is no othertraffic demanding service. The cars are unloaded from the first story floor levelinto a large receiving and shippi
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