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Kentville Ice House

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Kentville Ice House

The DAR operated a "secondary" icing facility to re-ice certain classes of refrigerated cars in season.(1) Approximatley 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 lest until.(4) In the 1960s, it was converted into storage.

Gallery

  • The top story 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 19999, 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.

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