NATURAL ICE SYSTEM 365 



NATURAL ICE SYSTEM 



Kind of Ice-house. When natural ice is stored, the first con- 

 sideration is a good ice-house conveniently located to the cream- 

 ery and refrigerator. When the creamery is first planned and 

 built the ice-house should at the same time be provided for. 

 It should preferably be adjacent to the refrigerator, so that the 

 ice can be transferred directly from the house into the cooler, 

 thus obviating much loss of ice and decreasing labor. 



The various parts of the building, embracing the many 

 details, will not here be enlarged upon, inasmuch as they can 

 be more advantageously shown in plans. Students are referred 

 to the different views shown in this chapter. 



As will be seen, the construction of the ice-house depends 

 to some extent upon the location and kind of refrigerator to be 

 used. There are at least two different ways of locating the 

 refrigerator in relation to ice-house: (i) Where the refrigerator is 

 entirely separate from the ice-house, the ice to be transferred 

 and placed either overhead or on one side of the refrigerator. 

 (2) Where the refrigerator is combined with the ice-house and the 

 ice is not moved for cooling purposes. This in turn may be 

 arranged so as to have the ice storage overhead or on one side of 

 the refrigerator. The ice-house needed in connection with this 

 second method differs chiefly from that of the first in that better 

 insulation is necessary and no ice-packing material is used, except 

 on top. This latter type of creamery refrigerator, even though 

 more expensive, is to be highly recommended, chiefly because 

 labor is decreased, and the low temperature is uniformly main- 

 tained. 



Reasonably high ground affords a good location for an ice- 

 house. It is of importance that the ground should be thoroughly 

 drained before the ice-house is built. If the ground is high, dry, 

 and gravelly, no drainage may be needed, but under most con- 

 ditions a drain should be run through the bottom. This drain 

 should not be very deep. If the area to be drained is so large 

 that one drain will not carry off the water, it is better to use two 

 drains rather than to have one deep one. 



