Grimsby precooling and experimental fruit storage warehouse - IGeneral notesIISchedule of rates. . loaded on speciallydesigned trucks, run into the precooling rooms and cooled without removal therefrom,by a circulation of cold air introduced through a perforated false floor. The air iscooled by passing over brine coils the temperature of which is held at about 10° brine within the coils i» chilled by the rapid melting of the ice mixed with saltwhich surrounds that part of the system known as the primary coils. The cooling is done chiefly at night and proceeds till the temperature of thef
Grimsby precooling and experimental fruit storage warehouse - IGeneral notesIISchedule of rates. . loaded on speciallydesigned trucks, run into the precooling rooms and cooled without removal therefrom,by a circulation of cold air introduced through a perforated false floor. The air iscooled by passing over brine coils the temperature of which is held at about 10° brine within the coils i» chilled by the rapid melting of the ice mixed with saltwhich surrounds that part of the system known as the primary coils. The cooling is done chiefly at night and proceeds till the temperature of thefruit is reduced to 40° F., when the trucks are wheeled out of the precooling roomsthrough the cold corridors and adjustable car-door vestibule into the refrigerator carwhere it is loaded under ice. The fruit is not exposed to warm air after once beingcooled, and, if the refrigerator cars are efficient and properly taken care of en route,remains in a cold condition until it arrives at its destination. 7 k • ;. i * * W Ipl 1 JM 11 - ;•:?,;,,,?: ;. -. •? Fruit Storage Room. Trucks used in Precooling Rooms. Loading is done by trained men according to methods that are approved byexperience. For distant shipments the cars are provided with slatted floors. Thepurposes of these temporary floors are to hold the load of fruit up off the floor so as toallow the cold air to circulate from the ice bunkers towards the centre of the car andup through the load of fruit, and to raise the packages of fruit out of danger of wetshould meltage flow from the ice bunkers over the car floor. After loading, the pack-ages are securely braced, which goes a long way to insure the arrival of the fruit ingood condition. The cracks about the doors are sealed with a good grade of sulphitepaper. RECORDS OF TEMPERATURES IN TRANSIT. In special shipments, or in ordinary shipments where the shippers especially desireit, a thermograph (recording thermometer) is placed in the car, and continuous rec
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