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==Kentville Ice House== | ==Kentville Ice House== | ||
| − | The DAR operated a "secondary" | + | The DAR operated a "secondary icing" facility to re-ice certain classes of refrigerated cars in season.(1) Approximately 25 feet by 40 feet, it differed from standard CPR ice houses as it was built of brick tile instead of wood.(2) Built sometime in the 1930s(3), it was in use at least until 1958.(4) In the 1960s, it was converted into storage. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| − | Image:CPR414324.jpg|The top | + | Image:CPR414324.jpg|The top of the Kentville Ice House visible behind Steam Crane [[DAR414324| No. 414324]] in August 1973. |
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | (1) & (4) Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", ''CP Tracks'', Summer | + | (1) & (4) Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", ''CP Tracks'', Summer 1999, page 11. |
(2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management | (2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 9 June 2008
Kentville Ice House
The DAR operated a "secondary icing" facility to re-ice certain classes of refrigerated cars in season.(1) Approximately 25 feet by 40 feet, it differed from standard CPR ice houses as it was built of brick tile instead of wood.(2) Built sometime in the 1930s(3), it was in use at least until 1958.(4) In the 1960s, it was converted into storage.
Gallery
The top of the Kentville Ice House visible behind Steam Crane No. 414324 in August 1973.
References and Footnotes
(1) & (4) Jim Little "CPR Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Cars", CP Tracks, Summer 1999, page 11.
(2) Dimensions and construction from the 1951 Kentville Fire Insurance Plan, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
(3) The ice house first appears in a Nova Scotia Information Service 1938 Air Photo, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Managment, N-1298.
