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into this room is the cooling room, 18 by 21 feet, which is to be 

 used "as a general purpose storage cellar. A small entrance 

 room protects the doorway into the cooling room. This is the 

 only entrance to the ground floor. 



The flooring is laid tight in the storage room and provided 

 with a slope towards the center. A gutter catches the drainage 

 and carries it into the gutter from the ice chamber. To prevent 



Fig. 57. Kansas Cold Storage House, a. Vertical section, b. De- 

 tails of construction. 



leakage the floor of the storage room must have a sheet iron 

 cov-ering. The floor of the ice chamber is laid with 2 by 4-inch 

 lumber with 1-inch space between. This provides for air cir- 

 culation and water drainage. A sloping catch floor leads the 

 water into the gutter which carries it down and out through the 

 cooling room. 



